Miranda Lambert is grateful for husband Brendan McLoughlin and his brutal honesty.
“My husband tells me the truth. He gives me the harsh reality, and I love it,” Lambert, 40, said on Tuesday, January 16. episode of the Tamron Hall show. “I like to say he calls me at work, which I love, because everyone needs someone in their life as a truth teller.
The singer said McLoughlin, 31, is a little “tougher” compared to her mother, Beverly, adding, “He's very New York about it.” However, Lambert appreciates McLoughlin's feedback on her work.
Lambert and McLoughlin started dating in 2018 after meeting on set Good morning America. They married the following January after less than a year together.
Following their whirlwind romance, Lambert said her relationship with McLoughlin took a surprising turn due to the coronavirus crisis.
“If newlyweds can survive a pandemic, then I think we're in good shape, you know?” she joked during an interview on Country 94.7 in New York in June 2020. “It's a good test. I had a lot of fun the first month. Well, not fun, but I thought, 'Okay, we're off. We'll probably be hitting the road again in a few months.' … There's a lot to do, it's just getting used to the fact that I don't know when I'm going to work again. It's uncomfortable.”
The pandemic ultimately helped strengthen Lambert and McLoughlin's marriage.
“We weren't dating very long before we got married,” Lambert, who was previously married to Blake Shelton from 2011 to 2015, explained on SiriusXM's The Storme Warren Show in February 2021. “And so we really, really, really got to know each other. Because it was just the two of us, without distractions, on my farm outside Nashville. And so I was very grateful for it, because it made us very strong.
She added: “A lot of couples, especially a lot of my friends, don't really see their partner because we're in different directions all the time. But with everything that happened last year, I think everyone was forced to reconnect with themselves and the people they truly love and are close to.
A source has now said this We weekly that McLoughlin has remained “ride-or-die” when it comes to Lambert's day job as a country superstar. “He is super supportive of her career and with her every step of the way,” the insider said in October 2022.