Hey everyone, it's Sid Evans, editor of Southern Living, and host to Biscuits and Jam.

We're busy working on new interviews for season five, but I wanted to reshare an episode

with a couple we featured in the magazine last fall, country music star Thomas Rhett Aikens,

and his wife Lauren, who have very different loyalties when it comes to college football.

Hope y'all enjoy it.

Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans, and for this

episode I sat down with multi-platinum country star Thomas Rett and his wife,

Lauren Aitkins, at their farm just outside of Nashville. We talked a lot about college football

and how this duo has managed to stay married for more than 10 years, despite rooting for some

very different teams. Thomas Rett grew up in Valdosta, Georgia, where his father

and grandfather primed him to be a Bulldog Superfan. Meanwhile, his wife Lauren bleeds the

orange of the Tennessee Volunteers, where she went to nursing school. We talked about the deep

roots of their fandom, some of their game day traditions, and the very

hot topic of which team their kids are going to root for. All that and their favorite

tailgate recipe on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Thomas Rhett and Lauren Aitons, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

Thanks for having us.

Thanks for having us.

So I've got to start out by asking y'all a little bit about the place where we're sitting.

This is actually the first podcast that I've ever done live and in person.

Wow.

I know. Because you started in 2020, right?

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