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How Putting Family First Paid Off For Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have enjoyed 25 plus year careers as musicians and as actors; they recently wrapped their Paramount Plus series 1883. They were already country superstars when they…

How Putting Family First Paid Off For Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have enjoyed 25 plus year careers as musicians and as actors; they recently wrapped their Paramount Plus series 1883. They were already country superstars when they started their family of three daughters back in the late 1990s. Tim explains that they chose to put family above all, “Our careers were really well established when we got married. Our careers were up and running really hard. So, we made a conscious decision when we got married that no matter what, if we were gonna start a family, that was gonna be our first priority, and everything else was gonna sort of find its place, for better or worse."

He added, "That’s always been our core understanding and our core principle: putting our family first. And I think that that’s paid off in our kids and their lives and how we’ve given them as much of a normal life as we can in the situation that they’re in.”

McGraw just posted to Instagram about working with Faith. He captioned a video clip of their show 1883, "Making this show was an incredible experience, but what made it even more special was getting to work with my wife. @faithhill #1883TV."

Their oldest daughter Gracie responded, "Hot!!!"

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.