Gabby Barrett and husband Cade Foehner have been married since 2019, and the couple shares a strong Christian faith. Speaking to Dan + Shay member Shay Mooney’s wife, Hannah, on her podcast Unexpected with Hannah Love, Barrett opened up about how her faith and her commitment to her marriage have had an impact on her career, notably on her decision not to duet with other male artists.
“There’s been large song opportunities that have come in for me to do or be a part of, and (that’s) between myself and my husband,” the “Growin’ Up Raising You” singer said. “I respect him a ton, and I listen to what he has to say, and I think he deserves that. The Bible talks about us doing that for our husbands. There have been songs that are just not appropriate to sing wording-wise… that are really intimate.”
Barrett reasoned that along with recording in the studio, a duet would also entail joint press opportunities and performances, which Barrett feels Foehner, who performs in her band, may not appreciate.
“If I’m singing with another man, is that going to make my husband uncomfortable?” she asked. “Probably. And I respect him and love him so much that I’m not going to jeopardize my marriage to do a duet with somebody. I care about this a lot more, and I pray and hope and know that God will bless my efforts in trying to keep my marriage straight and not that’s just for a duet or whatever it is.”
New Album, Chapter & Verse
Barrett is preparing to release her second album, Chapter & Verse, in February, and recently teased while co-hosting Country Countdown USA alongside Lon Helton that a duet with her husband was going to appear on the project.
“Probably, there’s a good chance [of Cade and I releasing a duet]. There have been a lot of requests for that,” she said. “Maybe on album two this year. You never know. I’ll let you know!”
Duet With Husband Cade Foehner In The Works
In 2020, Barrett told Music Mayhem that a duet with Foehner might already be in the works.
“I can definitely see us doing a song together. We’ve gotten requests from so many people to do that,” she said. “It has been fans from Idol and fans of our marriage and our relationship so definitely. I would love to, and we may or may not already have something in the works for that in the future now. So, yes!”
Chapter & Verse‘s lead single, “Glory Days,” was written by Barrett with Emily Weisband, Seth Mosley and James McNair and celebrates the singer’s life with her family in the here and now. “This is as good as it gets, I don’t know what I would change,” Barrett sings on the song’s chorus. “I love this life that we live, I love that smile on your face / No, we ain’t gotta look back at all those pictures in frames / And wish it’d all stay the same / ‘Cause right here, right now I say, ‘These are the glory days.’”
Her Own Life Experiences Inspires Her Music
Gabby Barrett shared on Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country that her own life over the past few years served as the song’s inspiration.
“I think it’s pretty abnormal to what normally happens at this age for certain people, 23, 2 kids, and all the things happening with music. And I’ve been married for four years,” she explained. “So normally those times when you’re in the trenches a little bit with kids and just the days are long, but the years feel fast. Those are the times that you look back on per se. And I just remember my parents kind of saying, ‘Oh, those are the glory days. Those are the good old days.’ And so I was like, ‘Well, I’m in my glory days right now.’”
The music video for “Glory Days” features both of Barrett and Foehner’s children, daughter Baylah May, who turns 3 in January, and brother Augustine Boone, 1. The couple is currently expecting their third child, a baby girl, in February.
