Charles Kelley is so grateful his wife Cassie gave him a second chance. Charles is now opening up about his time in rehab, and what he thought his alcoholism cost him.
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"I went to treatment for a month in Utah, and I really didn't know if I was ever going to be coming back home to my bed," Charles tells People. "And that was tough. I'd written a lot of songs about heartbreak, but I don't know if I ever really knew what heartbreak felt like until I was there and had that moment."
Charles' fear that his marriage was over led him to write "Can't Lose You." The song is from his solo album, Songs For A New Moon, out now.
Charles credits Cassie with his ability to quit drinking. He also praises her for sticking with him as he battled his addiction.
"She's the reason that I got sober," Charles maintains. "She had so much grace for me and went along through the journey with me doing all the work, and I could go so far as to say there's no way she would've stayed with me if I had not gotten sober."
Charles Kelley's Happy Marriage
Charles and Cassie are happily married, and expecting their second child. Charles praises Cassie for her support of him, which comes out in several of the songs on Songs For A New Moon.
"When I finally came home [from rehab], we reconnected," Charles says, recalling what she told him.
"She said, 'I'm choosing to go on this journey with you, and we're going to try to make this work.' It was a complete 180 in our relationship," he continues.
All of the songs on Songs For A New Moon reflect where the 43-year-old is now, especially as a husband to his wife of 16 years.
"I wanted the music to reflect that feeling of gratitude and getting through the tough times together because marriage is tough even when you're not dealing with something like alcoholism," Charles explains. "You go through waves, and we've been together for a long time. I don't know. We've lived a lot of life. And so, it was nice to be able to have a record from top to bottom about that."
