Fatherhood has changed Jon Pardi in a lot of ways. Pardi and his wife Summer are proud parents of two-year-old Presley, and nine-month-old Sienna. And now that he is a father, almost everything about Pardi's life is different than before.
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"What's the difference about being a daddy?" Pardi reflects to People. "Just trying to dodge death a little more. They always say being healthier, going into your forties sets up your sixties and seventies a lot better. I'll try to stay healthy as long as I can."
Pardi also quit drinking, which makes his mornings a lot better, especially with his daughters.
"When we first met, it's all party-party, sleep in, feel no pain," Pardi says. "Now it's like kids are getting up and we've got schedules and we gotta be responsible. And intimate times are more 'Let's just go to bed and get some sleep.'"
Pardi embraces fatherhood in "She Drives Away." The song is from his latest Honkytonk Hollywood album.
"It's something I'd never been able to sing about because I wasn't a dad," Pardi admits. "It's a big difference to have the emotion to really sing it and mean it."
Jon Pardi's 'Honkytonk Hollywood' Album
Pardi's Honkytonk Hollywood album came out on April 11. The 17-track record marks Pardi's first time working with producer Jay Joyce, helping create an album Pardi is rightfully proud to have released. It also made it hard for Pardi to narrow down the songs on the project.
"Tip for everybody doing a record: It's the songs you can't live without, and I guess I couldn't live without these 17 songs," Pardi tells Wide Open Country. "We had more in the studio. And it's amazing when you get in. You start working and making songs come to life, [and] some don't fit."
"And these are the 17 that me and Jay came and knocked out of the park."
When Pardi released Honkytonk Hollywood, he said it was the record he had always wanted to make.
"This album is my personal definition of country music," he writes on social media. "Huge thanks to all the songwriters, my band for playing on it, Jay Joyce for producing it, and everyone else who worked hard to make this thing happen."
