I'm your host Annie F. Down. So glad to be here with you today. The music in the background is from our good buddy Mr. John McLaughlin. Make sure you get a copy of his album,

Enx and Grace. As I've been telling you for the last couple of weeks, we have got another theme month on our hands. In January, we did mostly shows around the next generation. If you haven't heard those, I highly suggest you go back and listen. They're so interesting in so many different perspectives. A young life leader, a women's ministry leader and a college leader and then also some team girls that I adored. It's just a great set of episodes. In this month, we are doing all couples.

Just because it's fun. Why not? Right? So we started last week with our friends from the pop cast and I know you guys love that episode. And today we have some newlyweds a couple of years ago, I got to meet singer songwriter Jessica Mack through some of our mutual friends will hear that story and the pod. But I just adored her right away. And we have stayed in each other's world since then. And she is one of the stars of the CMT reality show Music City. And between season one and season two, she met in Felon Love.

And got engaged and got married to her husband, Dre. And I thought it'd be so fun to have her on this week to kick off this month to kick off this series with us. Also, their last episode, if you saw on Instagram, I told you about it and on Twitter. But last week was the last episode of this season of Music City. And it's their wedding. So I hope you got to watch that. And now you will get to hear so much of the story. This is such an encouraging conversation, no matter where you are in relationship.

But if you've been married for 50 years, if you want to get married in the next 50 years, this is a conversation for you. So here is my friend Jessica Mack and her new husband, Dre.

Thanks for being on the show.

So you still Jessica Mack publicly. I am. Okay. But technically, legally, I'm Jessica, black.

Okay. Jessica, black is Jessica Mack, black is. I didn't want to lose my last name, but I thought I have my full name, which would just be too much. Right. Right.

My mom did not like that. She's like, Lauren is such a beautiful name. And we spent so much time. Sorry mom. Too many letters. I'm dropping it. I'm dropping the middle name. When did you all get married?

We got married August 25th of last year. Okay. So six months ago.

Eight months ago.

What's my name? Five. Five. Five.

Still record.

Still record. Hey, listen, you know more than me. Where's this whole month that's about you'll just teach me how to do it.

I can't believe it's not just kidding. Okay. So you and I met years ago with ten years.

So actually, I think it was their Chris.

Oh, Chris right? Yeah. Oh, I met that. That's true.

He was like, I have a really great friend Annie. She does a lot of church like book tours.

And that was the beginning of me trying to figure out how to find my way and making music a career in Nashville.

Yeah. So you were giving me. I mean, I was doing a coffee. I don't know about that.

You were good. Yeah. Yeah. I do remember. I mean, it was so fun to.

Yeah, because it wasn't even thinking about writing a book.

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