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Luke Combs on Success: ‘I’ve Got Nicer Boots Now’

Luke Combs says that country music success and even a Grammy nomination hasn’t made him more than just a common guy who does everyday things. Combs said during an interview…

For Luke Combs Success Means Nicer Boots

NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 22: Luke Combs performs onstage during the Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots’ Million Dollar Show for St. Jude at the Ryman Auditorium on January 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for St. Jude)

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Luke Combs says that country music success and even a Grammy nomination hasn't made him more than just a common guy who does everyday things.

Combs said during an interview a few weeks ago that he still does what has to be done around his house despite a little bit more money, chart-topping songs and headlining status.

"Somebody showed up at my house yesterday to do an interview and I was out changing the cat litter and they were just floored like, 'My husband doesn't even do the chores.''' he shares. "And I was like, well I just don't want the cats crapping in the house just cause I've got a couple songs on the radio. I really just am the same as I was before. You know, I've just got nicer boots now."

Luke even says on the road he and the guys in the band try to see who can eat the most at Taco Bell adding, "You know, I'm just the same guy I was in college."

Combs is in the middle of his first arena headlining tour playing shows this weekend in Mississippi and Alabama. Next week he's off to Australia to play a bunch of dates.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.