{"id":1824,"date":"2025-04-11T09:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:10:05","slug":"at-the-top-of-his-game-with-sold-out-stadium-tours-chart-topping-hits-and-an-army-of-fans-who-sing-every-word-luke-combs-is-living-what-most-would-call-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"At the top of his game, with sold-out stadium tours, chart-topping hits, and an army of fans who sing every word, Luke Combs is living what most would call the dream."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cI want my kids\u2019 childhood to feel as normal as it can\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1826\" src=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Luke Combs isn\u2019t selling out stadiums, recording hits or winning major awards, he\u2019s living a pretty typical life as a husband and a father. So despite the massive fame he\u2019s achieved, making the time to enjoy the little moments with his family and raising his kids to be good people are his biggest priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar recently appeared on a new episode of the MeatEater podcast where he shared insight into what his day-to-day really looks like when he\u2019s not touring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life is so normal outside of when I\u2019m playing shows, I really don\u2019t do a whole lot of anything other than I go play my shows and I come home and I spend time with my wife and my kids,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd I do whatever work stuff I have to do when I\u2019m home, whether that\u2019s writing songs, which most of the time I\u2019m doing at my house with my friends and stuff. I\u2019m just there, dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1827\" src=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-with-Son-1065x1536-1-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-with-Son-1065x1536-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-with-Son-1065x1536-1-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-with-Son-1065x1536-1-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-with-Son-1065x1536-1.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><br \/>\nBalancing Work With Fatherhood<br \/>\nHe went on to explain that the best part about having a more flexible schedule is that he\u2019s still able to fulfill the duties of a stay-at-home parent during those off periods. And even when Combs is on the road, traveling from city to city, he\u2019s only gone about three days a week, allowing him to take on the responsibilities that come with caring for his two boys, Tex Lawrence Combs and Beau Lee Combs. This includes \u201cgetting the kids up, changing diapers, doing baths, cooking dinners, cooking lunches, cooking breakfasts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though each of these tasks occupy a good chunk of his time in a day, and sometimes even take away from other opportunities that could further his career, Combs admits \u201cthat\u2019s what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my kids\u2019 childhood to feel as normal as it can, given the very strange circumstances that it will ultimately become. That\u2019s a choice you have to make. And you lose a lot of things with that in the sense of like, there\u2019s so many cool opportunities that I have that maybe would be really, not really beneficial, but cool experiences or beneficial to my career that I pass on to do that for my kids,\u201d he revealed. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019m bragging [about], like \u2018I\u2019m such a good dad.\u2019 It\u2019s not that. It\u2019s just, I say this all the time, but my kids didn\u2019t ask to be born. It was my choice to bring them into the world. So to me, it\u2019s my duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cooking and Cleaning with Luke Combs | The MeatEater Podcast\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/02GZNoN486k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>starts now when they\u2019re just 2 and 1 year old, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now, the kids, we live in a 2000 square foot house, man, it\u2019s me. It was two bedrooms. Me and my wife have a room and then the kids, the boys share a room. So we\u2019re always close together,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>As Combs continues to learn how to balance his high-profile career with the duties of fatherhood, he places a strong emphasis on teaching his children the value of responsibility, beginning with the simple task of cleaning up after themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery night it\u2019s like, alright, we\u2019re all cleaning up now and mom and dad are cleaning up\u2026to the extent that a one-and-a-half-year-old can, he\u2019ll get a block and bring it over and he might only pick up two things, but my two and a half year old now, he can make a 5% dent in the cleanup,\u201d Combs told the podcast crew. \u201cBut he understands, dude. We make it a point to go, \u2018Hey man, you need to help us with this stuff. This is your job. You make a mess. You got to clean it up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1828\" src=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luke-Combs-Nicole-Combs-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How Combs Career Could Impact The Future Of His Family<br \/>\nTex and Beau might be too young to understand the fact the uniqueness of their living situation, because to them, Combs is simply just their dad. And while he values spending time with his family and embracing the daily routines of fatherhood, he\u2019s also conscious of the abnormal circumstances his kids are growing up in. Knowing this and the privilege that comes with his fame, Combs has already found himself thinking about what that could mean for their future and the kind of people they become.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want them to be a product of their circumstances in a negative way. Someone in our particular situation would worry that it would be easier for them to fall into just being a complete dirt bag if left unchecked\u2026it\u2019d be easier for them to be like, oh well someone will come and get my coffee when I\u2019m done. Someone will pick that up. That would be easier for them to end up at than it would be if your dad worked at a factory. You\u2019re closer to that finish line of being a scumbag, pretty much,\u201d Combs explained honestly.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to acknowledge the fact that his sons aren\u2019t able to fully grasp all of this, but he is still focused on making sure they don\u2019t take anything for granted as they get older and start to understand things better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids, they haven\u2019t been through the regular airport\u2026they haven\u2019t flown a bunch, but we\u2019ve chartered a plane to go down to Florida or something and it\u2019s like that to them is normal. And so it\u2019s my job to explain to them that, \u2018Hey man, this is not a normal thing and it\u2019s super privileged to get to do this, but it\u2019s not something that you are necessarily entitled to. It\u2019s not something that you should feel like this is the standard and it\u2019s beneath me to go to the airport.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raising His Boys To Be \u2018Good People\u2019<br \/>\nCombs further emphasized that a bit part of his parenting strategy is his commitment to raising his sons to be humble, respectful, and hardworking individuals. \u201cThe goal for me and my wife with our boys is to make \u2019em respectful and we want \u2019em to just ultimately be good people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he also opened up about the challenge that comes with being a father in his position and wanting to do everything he can to help his kids succeed in life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_RgMcBRvf_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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