Lauren Alaina Reveals How Husband Cam Arnold Helped ‘All My Exes’ With Chase Matthew Become a Hit [Exclusive]

Lauren Alaina is giving fans the full backstory behind her viral collab with Chase Matthew, “All My Exes.” What started as a half-finished idea from friends in a writers’ room quickly turned into one of the most talked-about songs of her career.

During the latest Country Now Pupdate, Alaina shared the story behind the song as she sat with her pups, Nola and Opry, by her side.

She co-wrote the track with Ben Johnson, Whitney Phillips, and Jimmy Gutch, and explained that the song was actually written a few years ago, long before she was happily married and a mom to her daughter Beni Doll.

“The whole session was different than any other song I’ve ever written,” she revealed.

Her co-writers had already begun the song, and Johnson reached out to see if she’d be interested in jumping in to help finish it.

“It’s so interesting and so amazing that he did that because the topic of the song is not something that I’m typically writing anymore. I’m married and well back then, I don’t know if I was quite married yet, but I definitely think I was engaged and it was just really fun to write about a different phase of my life,” she shared.

“This song is definitely not about being engaged and getting married, but I’m so glad he did because it challenged me almost to write about a different topic and I wrote it about the people before my husband and it feels like a different lifetime.”

The first person to really champion the track was her husband, Cam Arnold, who immediately believed it needed to be released. In fact, fans have him to thank for the song landing in the hands of Alaina’s duet partner, Chase Matthew. After meeting Matthew on tour with Jason Aldean, Arnold made sure he heard it.

“Cameron played this song for Chase and was like, ‘I need you to do this song with my wife. I’ve been trying to get her to release this song,’” Alaina revealed.

Alaina later played the song for Matthew herself, completely  unaware that he had already heard it.

“So then I played it for Chase and he acted like he’d never heard it before,” she said. “They did a whole thing. But anyway, we ended up recording it and my husband was right, it blew up for us and it’s streaming like crazy. We just sent it to Country Radio, which I’m so excited about and I’ve been playing shows and people are singing it and it’s just so exciting.”

The songstress says she has “high hopes” for the tune.

“I got a baby to feed. Let’s make it at number one,” she laughed.

“All My Exes” debuted with the biggest first-week streaming numbers of Lauren Alaina’s career and was the No.1 most-added song at country radio upon release.

The song’s success is now shaping the direction of her upcoming album. While the track will definitely be included, Alaina acknowledged that it has its own sonic lane.

“I thought [the album] was finished, but we had this moment with ‘All My Exes’ and like I said, it was kind of a departure sonically. So I’ve actually written more songs to marry that one basically so that it’s not just a lone soldier on the project. So I’m doing a few more songs that kind of fit with that vibe and then it’ll be done.”

As fans anticipate the arrival of Lauren Alaina’s yet-to-be-announced album, they can catch her on the road with Rascal Flatts in early 2026. 

For more with Lauren on the Country Now Pupdate, click HERE.