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I don't want people to think I think I'm cool or famous.

Like, I'm aware of it, but it's not something that I take a lot of stock in.

Like, it doesn't provide me with a lot of

mental fulfillment.

Hey guys, Bobby here. My guest today is my friend Luke Combs. He has another album coming out. It's a

sixth studio album. It's called The Way I Am. Comes out March 20th. I hope you check it out.

He always puts out banger after banger.

He's also going out on a massive tour called the My Kindest Saturday Night Tour. We're talking stadiums all through North America, Europe. He's won at all. 11 CMAs, four ACMs. I guess 20 number ones in a row, which is crazy. He's a grand ol' opera member. He is one of the biggest country

artists of all time. And here he is, Luke, good to see you. Yeah, likewise. Thanks for the

time. Do you come to Nashville much? I mean, I live here. Like this in the city, though. Because I feel

like most people, once they get really famous, they have to move out a little bit. Yeah, I'm a little ways out. I'm not, like, really far out or anything. I used to be. I used to live an hour outside of town. Did you think I didn't know you lived here? Kind of. Well, I mean, it's been a couple years, so, I mean, there's a chance I move moved somewhere else, you know? Would you ever move back home? No, because, I mean, my parents live here now, you know, so it's like everybody's down the road. When did they move here? Because that's a commitment. They moved here a few months after we had our first kid. I'm an only child, and I thought my dad would never move. and he was like, basically he was like, I'll never move. Like, this is the house that we live, the house I grew up in. He was like, that's where I'm going to stay. And then he called me one day randomly was talking because my mom, like, she would have moved here when I moved here. You know what I mean? Like she didn't care if, you know, if I had kids, it was like, she was like, I'll go whenever. And dad was like, I'm never moving. And three months after the kid, it was like, he's like, well, maybe I could maybe see us moving out there. And I was like, really? I was just surprised by that, you know. I was like, well, let me know. I'd be glad to help

you guys out, get out here. And then they came a couple months after that. They came.

Is it my in-laws, and we're about to have a baby, first baby, my in-laws live,

Oklahoma, so they're not that close. I wish they were closer. When they moved here, was that super valuable to you guys? Oh, certainly. I mean, it was a huge resource, obviously, and, you know, just being able to have, I mean, I grew up around both sets of grandparents, you know, like, not like in the same town. When I was really little, my mom's parents lived in the same town, but they were all within like two-hour drive.

So it was like I see, I saw them all the time, which was really cool.

You know what I mean?

Like my wife, like my wife, she only knew one set of grandparents and they lived in like Las Vegas.

So it's like they only see them, you know, and they sound a lot when they were little, but you don't really remember it that much, you know. Like I spent a ton of time with my grandma because I lived with my grandma when I started doing music because she lived in Charlotte. And so I'd go there to just play for the summer or whatever. So like it's kind of a cool, it's just a cool relationship that not everybody gets to have. I told my wife she's lucky my parents are dead to have to deal with them. Sometimes it could potentially be better for them to not be around for sure. Yeah, she punches me when I say that, but I think deep down in her heart she gets it. Yeah. I love her parents. Yeah, my my in-laws are my in-laws are awesome too like

i'm lucky like i don't have any like there's no tension like my parents and then like they all just

get along and it's like it's fine you know so that's great that's a that's a you know it's rare

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