Success Almost Cost Us Our Marriage (Here’s What We Learned): Montell and Kristin Jordan

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Music duo and authors Montell Jordan & Kristen Jordan get real about success, sickness, marriage strain and the quiet drift that can cost you what matters most.

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0:00.0	This episode is supported in part by the Christian Standard Bible, a translation designed to be faithful to the original text and clear for everyday readers.
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0:15.6	To learn more about the CSB, visit CSBival.com.
0:23.3	All this fame, all this exposure.
0:25.8	This is how we do it blowing up.
0:27.6	And I was interviewing at Hot 97, all in New York, and the world is listening to me,
0:32.6	this new artist.
0:33.9	So, Montel, you successful, you got all this money, all this fame.
0:39.4	Do you have anybody special in your life that you're sharing it with?
0:43.2	Yeah, I'm married to my music.
0:45.8	We were hiding our marriage.
0:47.7	I'm saying to the world, I'm married to my music.
0:51.4	What does that make hurt?
0:53.0	His mistress.
1:03.0	Yeah. to my music, what does that make her? His mistress. Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.
1:08.5	I'm Dave Wilson.
1:09.4	And I'm Ann Wilson.
1:10.6	You can find us at family life today.com.
1:13.4	This is Family Life. Today.
1:18.7	All right, today we get to go on the love like you mean at marriage cruise.
1:28.0	We're back on the boat.
1:30.1	You mean we're going to listen to a talk from the boat?
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