Jason Aldean Reveals What His Kids Really Think Of Duet With Wife Brittany

Jason Aldean recently unveiled his long-awaited duet with his wife, Brittany Aldean, and now he’s sharing what their kids really think of the collaboration.

During a conversation with Cody Alan on SiriusXM’s The Highway, while promoting his new album Songs About Us (out this Friday), the Georgia native admitted their children weren’t exactly blown away by the duet.

“Well you know they hear all this stuff from like day one. You know what I’m saying? So, you know, they hear us in the car and they hear mom singing all the time. They know, you know, they’re out at shows. They’re like, ‘Mom and dad sing. No big deal. Whatever. Can I have a peanut butter and jelly?’ he said. “So I don’t think they’re very impressed by mom and dad, but hopefully they will be one day. We’ll see.”

While some might expect the couple to team up for a love song, their duet, “Easier Gone,” actually takes a very different direction.

Written by Charles Kelley, Josh Kerr, Dave Haywood, and Jimmy Robbins, the track explores the emotional aftermath of a breakup. The husband-and-wife pair trade lines about the struggle of moving on, revealing how a chance run-in can reopen old wounds, proving that sometimes it was easier when that person was completely out of your life.

Jason told Alan it would be “boring” to go the traditional route with a love song, so they intentionally flipped expectations.

“I just feel like, you know, husband and wife doing a big love song is kind of boring. You know what I mean? It’s just like, well, we’re a happy couple, but that’s boring to me. Like, who wants to hear that? So, I don’t know. I feel like I’m a little bit of a tortured soul in the fact that I like the heartache, heartbreak type songs way more than I love, like, the big love songs,” he explained. “And so I think people thought if we ever did something, it would be one of those big sappy things.”

Originally, the hitmaker planned to record the song solo, but after sitting with it, he realized it could be the perfect opportunity to bring Brittany into the studio.

“So I just kind of played it for her and said, ‘Do you like the, would you want to do something with this?”’ She’s like, ‘Are you kidding? Like, are you serious?’ And I said, well, you know, she’s never been in the studio or anything, so it was like a little bit of a trial and error thing of like, ‘Let’s see how it goes,’ you know?”

It turns out, Brittany “killed it,” according to Jason. 

“She did great. And, you know, just kind of turned that song around and kind of gave it a whole new life, too, which was really cool,” he pointed out. “And I think it was something people had kind of been wanting to hear for a while. You know, our fans been wanting to hear, and something we had kind of talked about, and I really was trying to find something that would work for that.” 

Another reason Jason Aldean held off on releasing a duet with Brittany Aldean was because he wanted to protect her from the harsh reality of online criticism.

“And I’m also very protective of her, too, you know? And this is a business where you get torn apart on social media and those kinds of things. And so I was always really careful about those kinds of things, and you know, I know what it’s like ’cause I see it all the time. It’s like, “Man, your singing sucks,” or whatever, you know, and you’re just like, you know, that kind of stuff. And so I’m just a little protective of her in that sense, but she went in and crushed it, man, and came out with a great record, man, so I was proud of it.”

Jason Aldean’s Songs About Us is set to release this Friday. He’ll celebrate by returning to his home state of Georgia to  co-headline UGA’s Sanford Stadium with Luke Bryan.