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Married to the Music with Hanley Riggs

Married to the Music with Hanley Riggs

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Married To The Music is a podcast that takes you behind the scenes into the lives of country music artists and their spouses. We explore what it’s really like to be married to someone in the spotlight about the challenges, the triumphs, and the everyday life that fans rarely see. From navigating parenthood and relationships to balancing personal dreams while supporting a partner’s career, we dive into the trials and tribulations of being a country artist’s significant other. Through intimate stories, candid conversations, and real-life experiences, this podcast humanizes the lives of your favorite country stars and offers a unique perspective on love, family, and life in the music industry.

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Episodes
  • Meghan Patrick (Mitchell Tenpenny): Healing, Marriage & Making Music That Matters
    Feb 20 2026

    Country artist Meghan Patrick joins Married To The Music for a deeply honest conversation about her journey from Ontario to Nashville, the life-changing snowboarding injury that pushed her fully toward music, and how personal experiences have shaped both her songwriting and her purpose.

    She opens up about healing, family dynamics, finding confidence in the industry, and building a career from the ground up — plus the real story of how she met husband Mitchell Tenpenny, what makes their marriage work in the music business, and why trust, communication, and keeping their relationship sacred are non-negotiables.

    It’s candid, heartfelt, funny at times, and full of perspective on balancing love, career, and identity in country music.

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    Married to the Music is where the spotlight fades and the real story begins. It is honest, heartfelt conversations with the husbands and wives behind today’s country stars, the ones living this life every single day. This is where you get to know your favorite artists on a deeper level through the people who know them best.

    From building careers to raising families while tour buses roll out, it is an inside look at what life really feels like beyond the stage and who these artists are when they are home. But even more importantly, it creates space for the partners who do not always get the mic. These are the stories you do not hear on stage, and they matter just as much.

    Watch clips and behind-the-scenes moments: @married.to.the.music

    Follow Hanley: @hanleyriggs

    More episodes and show notes: www.MarriedToTheMusicPodcast.com Know someone we should feature? Reach out on social: @married.to.the.music

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    45 mins
  • Kristen Brust (LoCash): Radio Hustle & Finding Love in the Music Industry
    Feb 13 2026

    She left Michigan for radio, survived divorce and career burnout, then rebuilt her life inside Nashville’s country music machine. Kristen Brust, wife of LoCash’s Preston Brust, shares the untold reality of loving an artist while protecting your own identity.
    Kristen walks through her path from country radio promotions to Big Machine Records, the loneliness of life on the road, hitting rock bottom during a divorce, and the unexpected night she met Preston. She opens up about marriage under a spotlight, tour-life boundaries, trust, raising three kids while he’s gone, and the behind-the-scenes truth of being married to country music.

    Follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode.
    Married to the Music is where the spotlight fades and the real story begins. It is honest, heartfelt conversations with the husbands and wives behind today’s country stars, the ones living this life every single day. This is where you get to know your favorite artists on a deeper level through the people who know them best.

    From building careers to raising families while tour buses roll out, it is an inside look at what life really feels like beyond the stage and who these artists are when they are home. But even more importantly, it creates space for the partners who do not always get the mic. These are the stories you do not hear on stage, and they matter just as much.

    Watch clips and behind-the-scenes moments: @married.to.the.music

    Follow Hanley: @hanleyriggs

    More episodes and show notes: www.MarriedToTheMusicPodcast.com Know someone we should feature? Reach out on social: @married.to.the.music

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    46 mins
  • The People Behind Country Music’s Biggest Stars Are Finally Telling Their Own Stories
    Jan 14 2026

    Married to the Music is a new podcast with honest, behind-the-scenes conversations with the husbands, wives, and partners of today’s top country artists. These men and women aren’t just the plus one they’re entrepreneurs, creatives, parents, and powerhouse individuals building lives in and around Nashville.

    Each episode dives into love, identity, ambition, and what it really looks like to be married to someone in the spotlight from how they met, to balancing careers and family, to navigating fame from the inside out.

    Hosted by Hanley Riggs, Married to the Music is all about the stories you don’t hear on stage or see on red carpets.

    Episode one drops February 13th.

    Follow @married.to.the.music on Instagram and TikTok for behind-the-scenes moments and episode teasers and follow me, @hanleyriggs, to come along for the ride.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    1 min
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