Gabby Barrett On Juggling Life as a Touring Artist, Wife, and Mom of Three: ‘I Am Honestly Living The Dream’

Gabby Barrett is opening up about what life currently looks like at home with her husband Cade Foehner and their three children and sharing how she’s learned to navigate marriage, motherhood, and a demanding career all at once.

Since tying the knot in 2019, the couple has continued to grow both personally and professionally while finding ways to stay connected. A big part of that has been working side by side, with Foehner serving as Barrett’s lead guitar player during her live shows while still carving out space for each of their own artistry.

Now, as parents, they’ve taken that same approach on the road. She explained all five of them travel together as a family so they never have to choose between a career and their home life.

“I think of it as a whole, in regards to my music and my family and my beliefs and things like that, and what am I called to and am I being faithful in that regard, that’s how I kind of measure success in what I’m doing,” Barrett shared with Kaitlyn Bristowe on an episode Off The Vine.

“My kids come with me to all of our tour dates on the road. They’re on the tour bus in their bunks. I’m so blessed. I am honestly living the dream,” she gushed.

The Pennsylvania native admits that even though they have established this routine that works for them, she still experiences plenty of hard moments. But at the end of the day, no amount of fame or success is more important to Barrett than being present with her children.

“I definitely keep them first. I keep priority of them first and foremost, and I want to be a very present mother for them,” she admitted honestly. “That’s very important to me, for them to say when they get older, ‘Mom was here even though she had all this going on, and it’s very admirable.’ But I get to live both and it’s very, very cool.”

Barrett was just 18 years old when she and Cade Foehner wrapped their time on American Idol, a moment that quickly pushed both of their lives into the spotlight. Since then, their relationship has drawn its fair share of outside opinions and assumptions from the public. Still, Barrett says she’s learned to tune out the noise, choosing instead to focus on what truly matters to them and what life really looks like behind the camera.

“I don’t really pay attention to people’s perception on marriage very much. I just don’t spend much time on it because I know who I am as a person. I also know who he is as a person, and what’s important to us is what we’re doing and committing to behind cameras,” she explained. “I think that’s a solid way to keep things together and not so separated because when things get out and spread too much, it can get a little sticky. So yeah, he’s a good guy and I’m really, really thankful for him.”

From her nerve-wracking Idol performances to stages across the country and major award show appearances, the “Glory Days” singer praises Cade for always being her biggest supporter.

“A lot of those high-pressure moments in the beginning where the songs ‘I Hope’ and ‘The Good Ones’ and all of that, and I was on award shows and different things like that. It was really nice to be able to look over and see him there because this is all so new back in front of the cameras, all the live moments, and so he’s been a rock for me through it,” she explained.

Toward the end of the interview, Gabby Barrett hinted that more music is set to drop in coming months, and eventually a new album. She has already started to share a look into this next musical chapter through songs like “Ain’t Supposed To Be” and “The Easy Part.”