Why Miranda Lambert Says She and Carrie Underwood “Should Get a Ribbon” for Surviving Country Music

“Now I feel like it’s really balanced, I really do,” she shared. “It’s gotten so much better and I’m so thankful that there’s room for a crowd now. Everybody has something different. I feel like all the voices can be heard, all the messages can be heard. You don’t have to love them all, but at least there’s a way to hear them. And then you decide.”

And Lambert—who tied the knot with Brendan McLoughlin in 2019—is grateful she can use her experience to be a mentor to rising stars.

“I didn’t really have that person, like a female artist, that had been through the whole thing that I was,” she said. “You don’t really know how to answer those questions or give advice if you didn’t actually live it. And so I’m trying to be for people what I didn’t have.”

For a look back at Lambert in recent years, including her relationship with McLoughlin, keep reading…