Country music superstar Luke Bryan‘s wife Caroline Bryan gets refreshingly candid about what it’s really like behind the scenes in their real lives!
On Nashville insider Caroline Hobby’s Get Real podcast she invites Caroline Bryan to lead us behind the scenes of what the life of being Mrs. Luke Bryan is truly like in an hour-long episode. And when I say “behind the scenes” I mean she talks about everything. Topics go from how the kids dress for skiing without dying, Caroline’s first thoughts on Luke when meeting him for the first time at Dingus Magee’s, and even to an excerpt on mental health in that sometimes it is okay to not always be okay.
Through an hour of conversation, here is just a sample on what the podcast covered, thoroughly outlined on a CMT article:
Discussing why the Bryan family ski trips are finally fun: “Finally, the kids are at the age where I don’t have to dress them. To all the moms out there: if you have small children, do not put your own ski clothes on before you dress your child. You will die. It’s like being in a sauna. I learned that the hard way.”
Discussing meeting Luke for the first time at Georgia Southern: “We met my first week of college, at a bar called Dingus’, and we were just hangin’ out. It was Thursday night. I was a freshman. It was my first time in a bar. I was so sheltered growing up in a very small town — Sandersville, the kaolin capital of the world — and I’d had the same boyfriend since 8th grade. We’d agreed to go our separate ways and just see what was out there. Luke’s personality was so big, I was staring at him like, ’Is this guy for real?’ He was the second guy I ever kissed in my life. Ever.”
Discussing the love for her Mother-in-law: “She owns it. She’s a mess. She knows she’s funny. Do you remember the character from the Hallmark cards, Maxine? She was an old lady smoking a cigarette, drinking her coffee? She’s Maxine. There is no filter.”
Discussing the decision to take a break: “We dated for year and a half, and then I got freaked out because he was talking about marriage. We separated for four years. Us breaking up was horrible. It was Christmas of my sophomore year, when he was leaving school. I dated two other guys, but Luke was always the sweetest and the best. Hands down. But I wasn’t ready to be in love. He had the nerve once to bring a girl to my house in college for a preparty. I got pissed and I left. I was like, ’What the hell? I hope this bitch goes in my room and sees my pictures.’”
Discussing the re-connection of Caroline and Luke after College: “I was a drug rep in Macon, but I was in Statesboro for work, and my brother said, ’Guess who is playing in town.’ I saw Luke playing, and something was different. We made eye contact and we locked eyes. I was in my work clothes, not going-out clothes. I felt like a grandma. Then he took a break, and I thought he was trying to avoid me. So I left. He called my brother’s house at 3 a.m., and I answered. He was like, ’Where did you go?’ I said, ’I thought you didn’t want to see me.’ Anyway, we’ve been together ever since. He and I would’ve never ever, ever lasted if we didn’t have a break. We appreciate each other.”
Discussing the sad truths of miscarriages: “After Bo was born when we’d only been married for six months, I had a miscarriage, and Luke didn’t know how to comfort me. It sucks and it hurts. It’s awful physically. But guys don’t know. They haven’t felt it or seen it. For girls, it’s a true loss.”
Discussing the tragedies the two have experienced together: “Luke’s brother died in 1996. Then 13 years ago, his sister passed away unexpectedly. She was healthy, beautiful, and the best mom to ever walk this earth. Then their daddy Lee had a massive heart attack in front of me and Til. That was the other worst day of our life. So Til (Luke’s nephew) moved in with us immediately. The girls (Til’s older sisters Jordan and Kris) are back and forth constantly, they’re still in college. And then we lost our niece Brett when she was seven months.”
Discussing mental health and how it’s okay to not be okay: “Trust me, there are times when I just lose my shit. Sometimes I just go sit in the shower and cry. I struggle with Luke being gone all the time and how to make everybody happy and how to make this charity (for her late niece Brett) go well. It’s hard to be alone a lot. Our family thing is, you can take two paths in life: one of being bitter and angry, or one of I’m gonna find the happiness in this and make the best of something that’s horrible.”
Discussing her secrets on what it takes to run a wild household: “Jesus and wine.”
Amen to that.
You can listen to the entire podcast here.
Caroline even releases a snippet of the conversation on her Instagram sharing her love of Caroline, “I discovered @linabryan3 Instagram page last year and my life was changed forever. Not only is Caroline a total bombshell, she is the funniest prankster I have ever witnessed”.
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