Get Real with Caroline Hobby

The beautiful Carly and I talk all about how she dropped out of High School at 16 to sing full time at Dollywood, getting a Record Deal w/ Sony at 19 & losing it at 21, going from industry darling to no one answering her calls but finding out who she was as an artist in the midst of the highs & lows, overcoming jealousy with Kelsea Ballerini to become great friends & realizing how powe...

Chrissy grew up in her parents retail and shoe stores.  From an early age she knew she had a creative spark. She quickly landed the lead role in a Blake Shelton music video and knew she had to pursue acting. After moving to LA, she was cast in another Country Music Star’s Video, Frankie Ballard’s “A Buncha Girls.”  But this video was different. From the second Frankie and Chrissy met, sparks flew....

Katie Cook grew up in England in a very musical family. She got a record deal in Nashville with her punk rock/country band Reno, and started splitting time between America and the UK.  When her band broke up, she was sweeping hair at a salon in Nashville and heard that CMT was looking for a new host. On a whim, she auditioned and got the job with no previous hosting experience. Over 20 years later...

This is a powerful episode. Laney and Walker Hayes are high school sweethearts. They fell in love at age 17 after breaking into a construction site and talking all night, then reciting lines from their school play to each other and Walker finally going in for the kiss. They are incredible parents to 6 kids, and make it a point to have open communication about everything. They also have a family tr...

Nicolle is the unicorn of the music business, she has it all. She’s beautiful, oozing with passion and talent, fiercely committed to her family and friends, and oh yeah, happens to be one of the most successful songwriters in Country Music.  She’s won ACM Song of the Year twice w Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic” and Dan and Shay’s “Tequila,” plus written multiple other #1 hits.  She’s been on “The Vo...

Rebecca and Phillip Sweet truly into their last name. They are the sweetest people on earth. Rebecca tells me about how fun it is being married to Phillip, a constant dreamer and optimist, and part of the Little Big Town Family.  We talk life on the road raising babies (they had their newborn on the bus at 9 days old!), her epic fall on the red carpet, dealing with women flashing her hubs, plus a...

Lauren and Thomas Rhett met when they were in first grade. They were great friends then tried dating around 15 years old. It didn’t work out then, but they stayed besties and after college TR confessed his love to Lauren and dared her to kiss him. The rest is history.  Lauren walks me through their whole love story, why their marriage isn’t perfect, their love of therapy, life on the road when the...

Taylor met Brett Young when she was in college. Her roommate was friends with him and he was coming to town to play a show. Brett heard about Taylor and sent her a Facebook message asking her on a date before they even met.  They ended up dating 6 years then broke up due to timing and schedules. Fast forward a few years, Brett had moved to Nashville and was one of country music’s newest, hottest s...

I pulled up to interview Nicole Hocking, and see her fiancé Luke Combs outside changing their cats litter box. My heart exploded. Here is Luke, on fire, selling out arenas, yet he’s still as normal as the next person.  That’s why I loved this interview with Nicole. She is so down to earth. She loves to hunt and be active, loves her friends and family, loves to make tacos with Luke at home and bing...

I loved getting real with Tatiana Houser. We started the conversation off with her life in Australia where she played golf and rode horses competitively. She still rides horses and says that riding allows a part of her to come alive and be herself that nothing else does. We then get really personal and talk about a time when Tatiana felt out of control with her diet, body, self esteem, and past re...

Kasi Williams is a badass. We talk about everything from what it was like growing up w Jason Aldean as a big brother, how their whole family all sticks together and hangs out all the time, even used to lived next door to each other, plus how Jason’s wife Brittany is her bestie.  Kasi tells me how she navigated divorce and being a single mother, and what life has been like since falling in love wit...

First off, Jana and I share some SUPER exciting news that my hubby Michael and I have been keeping a secret..... WE ARE HAVING A BABY! It was so fun to break this news on the podcast w Jana who is such an incredible mother to her 2 angels Jolie and Jace, and has been through such an emotional journey to parenthood, just like I have been. We talk about how devastating it is to miscarry and the fear...

Each week on the podcast, Caroline Hobby sits down and talks to the wives of your favorite country artists. In every episode, she gives you an inside look of what it’s like to be married to Luke Bryan, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney from Dan and Shay and more!  Being married to front man Michael Hobby of chart topping band A Thousand...

I have loved this little firecracker for over a decade.  I met Kelly when I was in college at Belmont, and we became fast friends.  At that time she was a single mom of 2 amazing kids, an A&R consultant, hosting a TV show, making furniture, and basically a powerhouse machine doing it all with THE MOST optimistic attitude.  That's Kelly.  Life never gets her down, and you won't find her whining...

Kailey is such a ray of light.  She has faith that can move mountains.  I love our conversations, and hearing how she talks to God and trusts in Him so completely.  That goes for her husband too, Russell Dickerson.  We talk about the long journey it has been for Russell to finally find the success in Country Music that they both knew he was destined for.  What I love is they never doubted that God...

Cassie Kelley.  What a woman.  I have known and admired this lady for over 10 years.  I was an intern for her husband Charles (of Lady Antebellum) co-producer, Victoria Shaw, when Cassie and Charles first met and fell in love; so I got a front row ticket to their blooming love story.  I remember thinking Cassie was the most stunning, fabulous human I had ever seen.  So graceful, so stylish and so...

I discovered Caroline Bryan’s 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. Over Christmas, Caroline did “the 12 days of pranks” where she hid in a life size teddy bear and scared every family member and friend walking by, put fingernail polish on a bar of soap only to hear Luke wonder why it’s...

When you see Katelyn Brown, you can’t help but stare. She’s drop dead gorgeous. Then you get to know her, and realize she has the sweetest, most playful spirit. It was so fascinating to learn about her musical past. When she was 18, she linked up with Justin Timberlake’s manager and moved to his musical compound in Orlando FL that he created for all of his artists and boy bands to live and develop...

Brittney Kelley is the definition of how love, light, dreams and positivity can can turn the darkest times into inspiration, drive and a thriving life and marriage.  At 17 years old, Brittney suffered great loss with the murder of her grandmother who raised her.  She was forced to grow up and learn how to be resilient and self motived at a very young age.  She surrounded herself with people who li...

I could not be more thrilled to kick of 2019 continuing my Music City Wives Series with this angel, Hayley Hubbard.  Hayley has the most gentle, giving spirit.  She is so inclusive and kind, and radiates so much love for humanity.  It was inspiring getting soulful with Hayley, to hear her talk so openly about how she is finding the courage to speak up and use her voice and platform, even though it...

This beauty radiates positivity.  She should be a supermodel, for real.  I met Jenna when Michael was on tour w Jason Aldean in 2015, and Jenna's hubby, DeeJay Silver, was the rockstar DJ that played between all the sets.  During that time she had a perfect pregnancy with her now precious 2 year old son, Wake.  After Wake was born, Jenna went through a miscarriage.  It devastated her.  This episod...

This little beauty is an angel.  She grew up on a farm raising cow-calf pairs to earn money for college.   She entered Miss Arkansas for the scholarship money, and ended up winning the whole thing!  She is married to Shay, from Dan and Shay and they have the most precious little boy, Asher.  I love Hannah because she is so connected to her faith.  Many times throughout this interview she talks abo...

Love Abby. She is going to save all the dogs. Her heart is so big. We talk about what it’s like being married to Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay, her enneagram number & what that means to her, why her friends bring happy tears to her eyes, and we have a fun encounter with FedEx. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

How could we make it in life without our girlfriends? I know I could not.  This is another episode of my GET REAL series Girlfriend Confidential.  Laney, Kristen and I talk all about marriage in the music industry (it's not all glamour, and can have some really trying seasons).  We chat babies, balance, learning to have patience and trust ourselves while giving ourselves grace for the mess and unc...

AND WE ARE BACK w PART 2 of Maddie and Tae! I love everything these two beauties stand for. They are strong, perseverant, soulful, kind, insanely talented and the perfect “yin” to each other’s “yang.” They exploded on the #CountryMusic scene with their huge #1 smash “Girl in a Country Song,” and rocked everyone’s world. They have a new single, a new album and a #kickass mindset of always finding t...