Brett Young and his wife, Taylor, are in the thick of raising their two young daughters Presley, 5, and Rowan, who turns 4 this month. Like many parents, they’ve learned that staying connected with each other amid the chaos is the key to maintaining a happy and healthy relationship.
“Where we’re at in our relationship and in our life with young kiddos and stuff, I think the one thing that kind of takes a back seat is checkin’ in with each other and talking. Something that you just don’t make time for because once the kids go to bed, you’re ready to sleep,” he explained.
Between Young’s time on the road and the demands of parenting back home, their schedules are filled with long days and late nights. As a result, he acknowledges that it would be easier to their keep thoughts and emotions bottled up, simply because there’s often not enough time in the day. Still, the country act believes it’s crucial to carve out space for just him and his wife to reconnect.
“As a young parent, you have an inner monologue all the time of, whether it’s things that you’re enjoying about having these beautiful young children or if it’s things that you’re frustrated about, or whatever you’re going through. You kind of keep it to yourself, not because you’re not willing to talk about it, but just because you’re going 100 miles an hour,” he said. “And so, I think it’s important to check in and kind of pull off the band-aid for a second and be vulnerable with each other. And I think it’s important to know how each other’s feeling.”
So when it comes to date nights, he encourages couples to be intentional about their plans, opting for places that allow them to truly check in with each other. In doing so, Young has learned that love grows stronger when you make time to listen to each other.
“Don’t go to a noisy restaurant, don’t go to a movie, go somewhere where you can sit and reconnect and check in with each other and you’re able to have good conversation,” he suggested.
This moment of reflection comes hot on the heels of the release of Brett Young’s new project, 2.0. These songs capture the same sentiment of his recent statement, as he gives fans a personal look into his current chapter of life as country singer, husband and a father.
“I just started thinking through where I’m at in my life and what the last year and a half has been like, what’s been significantly different or seemed significant in general. And the thing that really stuck out is health and wellness and the perspective shift of focusing on being healthy and being around for my family. And so ‘2.0,’ not only being the new version of ‘In Case You Didn’t know’ that we have on the record, but also kind of 2.0 being Brett 2.0, the chapter of life that I’m in,” he previously explained to Country Now.
The album, out now, was co-written entirely by Young and features collaborations with Lady A, George Birge and Hannah McFarland as well as his current single, “Drink With You.”
Brett Young recently enjoyed some much-needed time off with the famly in celebration of the fourth of July. He posted a series of photos recapping their trip to Sun Valley, Idaho.
“Happy 4th of July from the Youngs,” he wrote in the caption.
The California native will return to the road on July 19 for a performance at Cheyenne Frontier Das 2025, followed by more dates of his Back to Basics World Tour 2025. He’s set to make stops across Virginia, Ohio, California, and back to Ontario, Canada before heading overseas for shows in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, and more through November.
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