Luke Bryan.Photo:Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Luke Bryanis taking a step back.
The country star, 46, admitted in a new interview on Monday that he’s looking to spend some quality time with his family after a “rough year.”
“I’m not really balancing it that well this year,” he toldEntertainment Tonightof trying to juggle his career with his brood — wife of 16 years,Caroline, and their two sons,Thomas “Bo” Boyer, 15, and Tatum “Tate” Christopher, 12.
From left: Bo Bryan, Luke, Caroline and Tate Bryan.Caroline Bryan Instagram
Bryan added that he has told his wife, who was his college sweetheart, that they will jet off on a tropical getaway together once the year is over.
So far, 2023 has been a busy one for the country star, and it doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon.
Clockwise from left: Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Katy Perry.Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images
Bryan went on to note that while he is still going to be “real active” next year in terms of his career — “I love to get out there and work,” he toldET— he is also “gonna slow down a few things.”
But when he does get a rare few days off during his hectic schedule this year, Bryan said he jumps at the chance to go “golfing and fishing with the boys” and hit the baseball field with them.
“They’re playing travel baseball,” he toldET. “You just try to make your time with them at home really, really count.”
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Luke Bryan.Terry Wyatt/WireImage
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In 2021, Bryan told PEOPLE he was in the“golden years”of fatherhood and that his sons had become his “buddies.”
“As they grow older, it’s easier to let them tag along,” he told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview. “They become little men and they become functional little microcosms of me. Their personalities are really different … They become your buddies. I mean, they’re still your kids, you still have to do the discipline and you still have to teach them the right and wrongs of life, but they really morph into your buddies.”
He continued, “I mean,it’s like the sweet spotof being a dad right now and you can let them tag along.”
source: people.com
