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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 29m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

On her latest Get Real<\/em> podcast, Nashville insider Caroline Hobby<\/a> invited Luke Bryan<\/a>\u2019s wife Caroline to the show to talk about everything. And by everything, I mean everything: how to dress kids for skiing without dying, what she first thought of Luke when they met at Dingus Magee\u2019s, what happens when you do round-offs in a hotel hallway, how her mother-in-law is a real-life Maxine, and how sometimes, it\u2019s okay to not be okay.<\/p>\n

This is just a sample of what the two Carolines covered.<\/p>\n

On why the Bryan family ski trips are so good right now:<\/em> \u201cFinally, the kids are at the age where I don\u2019t have to dress them. To all the moms out there: if you have small children, do not put your own ski clothes on before you dress your child. You will die. It\u2019s like being in a sauna. I learned that the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n

On sharing her pranks with the whole world:<\/em> \u201cHere\u2019s the honest truth. My niece Jordan told me, \u2019Aunt Caroline, your Instagram is lame. Just be you. Who cares what anybody thinks?’\u201d<\/p>\n

On what Luke\u2019s mom LeClaire is really like:<\/em> \u201cShe owns it. She\u2019s a mess. She knows she\u2019s funny. Do you remember the character from the Hallmark cards, Maxine? She was an old lady smoking a cigarette, drinking her coffee? She\u2019s Maxine. There is no filter.\u201d<\/p>\n

On having a house full of guys:<\/em> \u201cTil is 17, he\u2019s 6\u20194\u2033, he\u2019s so cute, and he\u2019s sweet. The house is usually more full of boys than it is girls, thank God. One time some girls showed up at the door at 9:45 at night, and I was in my robe. I was like, \u2019No thank you, not gonna happen, thanks, bye.\u2019 Actually I let Til and his buddy come downstairs and tell them. He\u2019s a gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n

On meeting Luke at Georgia Southern:<\/em> \u201cWe met my first week of college, at a bar called Dingus\u2019, and we were just hangin\u2019 out. It was Thursday night. I was a freshman. It was my first time in a bar. I was so sheltered growing up in a very small town \u2014 Sandersville, the kaolin capital of the world \u2014 and I\u2019d had the same boyfriend since 8th grade. We\u2019d agreed to go our separate ways and just see what was out there. Luke\u2019s personality was so big, I was staring at him like, \u2019Is this guy for real?\u2019 He was the second guy I ever kissed in my life. Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

On their decision to break things off:<\/em> \u201cWe dated for year and a half, and then I got freaked out because he was talking about marriage. We separated for four years. Us breaking up was horrible. It was Christmas of my sophomore year, when he was leaving school. I dated two other guys, but Luke was always the sweetest and the best. Hands down. But I wasn\u2019t ready to be in love. He had the nerve once to bring a girl to my house in college for a preparty. I got pissed and I left. I was like, \u2019What the hell? I hope this bitch goes in my room and sees my pictures.’\u201d<\/p>\n

On reconnecting after college:<\/em> \u201cI was a drug rep in Macon, but I was in Statesboro for work, and my brother said, \u2019Guess who is playing in town.\u2019 I saw Luke playing, and something was different. We made eye contact and we locked eyes. I was in my work clothes, not going-out clothes. I felt like a grandma. Then he took a break, and I thought he was trying to avoid me. So I left. He called my brother\u2019s house at 3 a.m., and I answered. He was like, \u2019Where did you go?\u2019 I said, \u2019I thought you didn\u2019t want to see me.\u2019 Anyway, we\u2019ve been together ever since. He and I would\u2019ve never ever, ever lasted if we didn\u2019t have a break. We appreciate each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

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