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Zac Brown Opens Up About His Divorce

Zac Brown sat down with CBS This Morning to talk about his new The Owl album. He also discussed his separation from his wife of twelve years and their impending…

Zac Brown Opens Up About Impending Divorce
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Zac Brown sat down with CBS This Morning to talk about his new The Owl album. He also discussed his separation from his wife of twelve years and their impending divorce.

Zac said, "You know, lots of things that you don't ever foresee. But you know, when you live in something long enough that it's not working anymore, and that the differences that are greater, and that it's healthier to not live in conflict than it is to try to stay. And no matter how many mistakes, or whatever, and she absolutely was the one. And, you know, we have five amazing, beautiful children together. And that was the reason that we were together."

He added, "It's not how I planned it to be. But it gave me more than I could've ever dreamed of having, you know? It helps me to, like, grieve [over] the things that have happened. And if I'm doing it right, then other people can, too. Like, when I look out and see people crying, that's us doing our job. And we're always chasing that emotion in the songs."

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.