Thomas Rhett's Favorite Music Critic Is His Wife Lauren

LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 02: Recording artist Thomas Rhett (L) and Lauren Gregory Akins attend the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards at Toshiba Plaza on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Thomas Rhett is currently in Australia wrapping up a bunch of shows there and his muse, his wife Lauren, is right by his side.

Like any other artist, his records and concerts have been reviewed hundreds of times during his career, but it's Lauren's opinion that he values most. “She is the ultimate gauge. If she didn’t like a song, it more than likely means that 70 percent of the female population are not going to like a song, which is a big percentage. And so I’m always playing her songs. Lauren is a person that when she listens to a song, she is strictly listening for feeling. Not that she doesn’t care about lyrics, but if you can get her to love a song within 15 seconds of the song starting, she’s on board with it.”

Rhett is heading back to the U.S. soon after wrapping his Australian tour and a stint with his whole family on tour in Europe.

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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.