It seems like one hell of a headache trying to balance country music aspirations with being a quality family man. Even Garth Brooks left his massive superstardom altogether to settle down with his wife and kids. Oftentimes, priorities tend to shift and certain things you care about can take a backseat to the primary goal. However, Cody Johnson seems to have it all figured out within his family life. He's balancing his huge rise in country music with his family life and even his personal ranching too.
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Recently, Cody spoke with ABC's Country Top 40 for an interview. There, he explains how he compartmentalizes aspects of his life as roles he partakes like an actor. Johnson can go from country star to dad to rancher whenever he needs to do so. " Like, I breed Braford cows, which (you get from) a Hereford bull and Brahman cows. And I think we're fixing to get into the black Angus business a little bit for some more beef-type cattle," he says.
"And that's when I go home and flip the switch off. I mean, I'm not Cody Johnson the singer. I'm the rancher, the husband, the dad and, you know, I take my kids hunting and fishing and all that. And then whenever I get to come out here (to Nashville), I flip the switch and turn into this guy," Cody continues
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None of this changes the goal for Cody Johnson, nor does it alter how he feels about his career. Contrarily, country is an omnipresent fixture in his life that bleeds into every aspect of his life. Ranching, parenthood, and navigating Nashville, it's all in service towards his love of the music. "Country songs are what I live for. Besides (my wife) Brandi, besides our two beautiful daughters, it's the only thing in life for me that's a constant. It's in my blood. It's in my DNA. I wake up with it every day in the forefront of my mind, trying to make country music that means something," Cody says.
The big goal for Johnson is to lead his career the same way a certain icon does everyday. "(I wanted) to be a guy that comes along and says, 'I want to change country music for the better.' I want 35 years from now to be that guy that's sitting up on stage like George Strait, where they say, 'He did something.' And that's it for me," Cody says.
