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Luke Bryan On Touring With His Family

Luke Bryan and his wife Caroline are parents of five kids. They have their sons Bo and Tate; they also have their nephew and nieces Til, Jordan, and Kris, who…

Luke Bryan Feels At Home On The Road With Family

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Luke Bryan and his wife Caroline are parents of five kids. They have their sons Bo and Tate; they also have their nephew and nieces Til, Jordan, and Kris, who they adopted after a tragedy in 2014 where Luke's sister and brother-in-law passed away.

Luke tells Country Living, "The only way to feel like you're home is to have your family around, you know, the people that you love. The toughest part of going on the road is being away from [my family]. So when I can get my wife and my boys and nieces and nephew with me. . . that's home."

Bryan hits the road in May on his newly announced "Proud To Be Right Here" tour and it being summer, he will be able to take the whole family on the road.

While it gets crowded on his bus, he says they make it work with a few iPads and lots of good snacks.

He said, "That's the best feeling in the world because I get to do what I love and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything."

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.