Lauren Alaina recalls Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's beautifully kind gesture

20 March 2024, 15:22

Country star Lauren Alaina has opened up about the country legends who helped her early on in her career.

Following her runner-up spot in 2011's edition of American Idol, Lauren has had a very successful country music career, scoring several number one hits.

In 2024, she performed at the Country 2 Country (C2C) Festival in the UK alongside the likes of Carly Pearce, Brad Paisley and her old classmate Kane Brown.

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Smooth Country's Eamonn Kelly caught up with Lauren about the show, her upcoming music and her wedding celebrations.

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Lauren Alaina recalls Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's beautifully kind gesture

Talking about the moment she became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, Lauren said: "I've been very fortunate to have people that I look up to and admire, like Trisha Yearwood has been a huge champion of mine.

"I mean, she's the one that asked me to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and then she's just so good to me. And if I could have told eight-year-old Lauren, 'Trisha Yearwood's going to even just look in your direction someday', I would have been so unwell.

"So to then grow up and be friends with her and have her mentor me, and then not only did she ask me to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, she came back and personally inducted me and brought her husband along. I don't know if you've ever heard of him.

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"Garth something? Garth Yearwood. No, kidding! And Garth played guitar while Trisha and I sang together in the circle. Crazy. And it's just. Yeah, I've been very fortunate to have people like that in my life."

She also praised Jason Aldean, who was a guest at her wedding with Cam Arnold earlier this year.

"I've known him forever. He's the first artist that really, ever took me under his wing. And really, he's like a big brother to me."

Lauren also spoke about how she wrote the song 'My Old Man' for her and her dad to dance to at her wedding.

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"It was really sweet. I wrote it about a year ago. I'm guessing I've lost track of time, honestly. I think we all have. But I wrote it for dad and for Cameron, and we danced at the wedding to it, and we were singing it together.

"The first time my dad heard it, I knew not to let him hear it, for the first time at the wedding because he would not have been okay if I had told him.

"He cried the whole day, giving me away. My dad and I are very close. Yeah. I'm so proud of that song. It's not officially released, but I posted it. It will be on the album."