Brett Young and Fiancée Look to Thomas Rhett’s Relationship for Marriage Advice
There's no better person than Thomas to look to.
Balancing a home and work life can be difficult for those in the public eye, so now that Brett Young has proposed to his longtime girlfriend Taylor Mills, he’s keeping a keen watch over the dynamic between Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins, one of country music’s most beloved couples.
“We’re learning a lot from them,” shared Young during a chat backstage at the 2018 CMA Music Festival. “[Rhett’s wife Lauren is] out there with the kids all the time, so we get to know them and watch them as a family.”
“It’d be really easy to see the way they come across on social media and think that’s a facade, but it’s not. It’s real,” he added. “Getting to watch it and be around it, not only do [we] have something to learn from, but it’s really motivating and encouraging about what we have in store for our future.”
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Young and Mills got engaged in February 2018, and after decade together, they’re looking forward to life as a married couple.
“We met 10 years ago, so she was around for the beginning. She was in all the little beach bars, and at our terrible gigs; she’s seen every side of this business. Then, when it all finally started happening for me a couple years ago, we were separated,” he recalled. “I didn’t even realize how much I needed somebody to share this with, because it all makes it so much more meaningful. I can’t imagine it even being worth it without her at this point.”
Mills has been the California native’s rock as he navigates his busy career, which recently landed him with a fourth No.1 single.