Brian Kelley wants to tell his “Tennessee Truth” with his new album of the same name. The former Florida Georgia Line Star has struck out on his own after his split from duo Florida Georgia Line, but he’s staying true to his roots with his new album “Tennessee Truth.” The 38-year-old country music star told Fox News Digital that one of his Tennessee truths is that his father was born in Tennessee and moved to Nashville when he was about 2 years old. He said, “And I’ve got tons of aunts, uncles, cousins, and family members out in the Gallatin, Hendersonville area. And, so, No. 1, kind of the first Tennessee truth is, you know, this is this record’s a tribute to my deep Tennessee roots in my family.”
He said he moved to Nashville in 2007 to become a songwriter. He added, “I’m just so grateful that music is still leading my life. I’m still the guy hunting down songs, still may leave a conversation to go write down a lyric if it pops in my head, you know what I’m saying? At the end of the day, my Tennessee truth is that you know, I’m no different than those that are going to be jamming this record. Like I mentioned, you know, we’re in the same headspace on what our values are and how we navigate our life through fishing, hunting, the love of our lives, of family time, you know, God. We love this country. And we’re hard workers.”
He said his record, which includes songs like “Trucks, Ducks, Bucks & Beer,” “King Ranch,” and “10 O’Clock on the Dock,” are all about “living it and being it” and spending time with family. “My wife Brittney, our family time together with our extended family means the world to me,” he said, adding he pulls lyrics “from my lifestyle of being in the woods or in the water. That’s where typically you can find me unless we’re on the road somewhere.” But he said his music is always about “just loving and living life to its fullest, you know what I’m saying? And working hard, having something to look forward to.”
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He said he and Brittney work hard to make time for each other, whether it’s a “lake day” or “just being at the house doing nothing, literally watching the grass grow, you know what I’m saying? But just taking time to enjoy life. But I hope people can, you know, really grasp from this record that, you know, it’s just authentic to me, and I hope it’s really authentic to them.” Prior to his solo career, Kelley was half of Florida Georgia Line, which broke up in 2022, but Kelley said he never wanted to break up the duo. He told Fox News Digital he thought he and Tyler Hubbard could mix their music with solo efforts. He explained of Hubbard and him going their separate ways, “For me, it was really, you know, I was really pushing to keep it all together and, at the same time, you know, it’s just life.”
Kelley said he wouldn’t have done anything differently regarding his time with Florida Georgia Line. He said, “I’m really proud of the efforts that I put in to trying to keep this thing together. It didn’t necessarily go the way that I thought it could go and grow, but that’s OK, you know? People are allowed to have different opinions, and things can always circle back if that happens. So, you know, I hold a little bit of excitement for that. But, no, I wouldn’t do anything different.”
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