Miranda Lambert and her husband, Brandon McLoughlinMade a perfect pairing at the 2024 CMA Awards.
The couple were all smiles before the ceremony at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 20. Lambert, 41, stunned in an off-the-shoulder floor-length black gown while McLaughlin rocked a suit.
While Lambert is not nominated in any category this year, she has won 14 CMA Awards throughout her career, seven of which were for Female Vocalist of the Year.
Lambert was accompanied by McLoughlin, 33, whom he married in January 2019. Earlier this year, he shed light on his life.
“We’re so chill. When we get off work, I’m in my patio hang vibe,” she exclusively revealed. We weekly In its September cover story. “We’ll make drinks and listen to music. Sometimes we’ll have the best parties by ourselves. He likes what he calls ‘happy hour music’ — Matchbox Twenty and Go Go Dolls. So we have different tastes, But we’ll sit there for hours and listen. Sometimes I tell him, ‘We’re kind of on a date,’ which is great.
Lambert also revealed how he and McLaughlin wrote the song “Dammit Randy” from his latest album. Postcards from Texas. After he suggested that “writing songs can’t be that hard”, he put her to the test.
“We made him come to the studio and spend the whole day writing,” he explained. “After that he changed his tone. It was a fun experience, but he got a great song out of it.
Whether the two are working together or enjoying quality time at home, Lambert said. us She has learned “a lot” about love since living with McLoughlin.
“I guess the thing I’ve learned the most is just that communication is everything,” she explained. “Love doesn’t always cut it. You gotta talk about s—. And you gotta compromise sometimes and be willing to listen to each other when you have something to say. Love is hard some days, but the reward is worth it.”
While his professional success shows no signs of waning, Lambert has focused more on his personal life in recent years in order to have the best of both worlds.
“I’m lucky,” she said us. “I achieve a lot of my goals early, and then you’re like, ‘What do I pursue now?’ It takes a while to figure out the balance of actually living your life so you have something to write about and the constant grind. And I think I finally found that balance.