Keith Urban did not let what was going on in his personal life affect the taping of his new show, The Road, according to a country artist who was with him throughout the filming, Daily Mail reports.
On September 30, Urban’s wife Nicole Kidman filed for divorce, shortly after it was reported that the singer and the Big Little Lies actress had separated and been living apart.
The Road, CBS’ new reality show that follows 12 country musicians as they tour with Urban, 57, and compete for a grand prize, was filmed from February to April in Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Billie Jo Jones, a country singer-songwriter from Texas, told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview that she had no idea what the New Zealand native was going through in his personal life at the time.
‘You wouldn’t even know that he was going through anything because he definitely pushed personal stuff aside and was business professional the entire time, which is what a true artist should be and should be doing,’ she said.
Not wanting to comment further on Urban’s divorce, Jones, 34, went on to describe working with the Somebody Like You singer, calling it ‘a dream come true.’
‘He is one of those people that really wants the best for you and really pushes you to be your best self,’ she said.
In the October 19 premiere episode, Urban shared insight on what it was like being on the road and being away from family. He shares two children with Kidman: daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.
‘It’s a calling, and you’re going to do it or you’re not going to make it. When you wake up on a tour bus at 3.30 in the morning and you’re sick as a dog, you’re in the middle of nowhere and you’ve got to play your fifth show later that night,’ he shared.
‘And you haven’t slept, and you miss your friends, and you’re missing your family, and you’re completely lonely and miserable and sick – and you say to yourself, ‘Why am I doing this? The only answer can be: Because this is what I’m born to do.’
Jones said she related to what it’s like for Keith Urban to leave behind his family since she’s on the road, herself, for ‘around 125 to 140 shows a year.’
‘It’s something that you’ve got to want it more than anything in the world to put yourself through it because it is hard,’ Jones, who recently released her new album Turquoise & Silver, insisted.
‘It’s time away from home, away from my kiddos, but it’s definitely worth it in the end because I know God didn’t give me this voice to just sit at home with – he gave it to me to go and share with others. It’s definitely a lot of hard work, a lot of determination, but it is so rewarding in the end.’
In the debut episode, viewers watched as Urban performed his track Straight Line, which fans are saying is a subtle swipe at Kidman.
‘He is one of those people that really wants the best for you and really pushes you to be your best self,’ she said.
In the October 19 premiere episode, Urban shared insight on what it was like being on the road and being away from family. He shares two children with Kidman: daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.
‘It’s a calling, and you’re going to do it or you’re not going to make it. When you wake up on a tour bus at 3.30 in the morning and you’re sick as a dog, you’re in the middle of nowhere and you’ve got to play your fifth show later that night,’ he shared.
‘And you haven’t slept, and you miss your friends, and you’re missing your family, and you’re completely lonely and miserable and sick – and you say to yourself, ‘Why am I doing this? The only answer can be: Because this is what I’m born to do.’
Jones said she related to what it’s like for Keith Urban to leave behind his family since she’s on the road, herself, for ‘around 125 to 140 shows a year.’
‘It’s something that you’ve got to want it more than anything in the world to put yourself through it because it is hard,’ Jones, who recently released her new album Turquoise & Silver, insisted.
‘It’s time away from home, away from my kiddos, but it’s definitely worth it in the end because I know God didn’t give me this voice to just sit at home with – he gave it to me to go and share with others. It’s definitely a lot of hard work, a lot of determination, but it is so rewarding in the end.’
In the debut episode, viewers watched as Urban performed his track Straight Line, which fans are saying is a subtle swipe at Kidman.
The source said that there was ‘no intimacy’ and that Urban ‘had to call her out’ about how he wasn’t happy. He allegedly ‘never’ saw his wife due to their hectic schedules with her always filming and him always on tour.
Sources also told the Daily Mail that there was ‘gossip all over town’ that Urban may be romantically involved with 25-year-old country star Maggie Baugh, his guitar player.
Baugh’s own father Chuck addressed the dating speculation when speaking to the Daily Mail earlier this month.
Baugh said that he believes his daughter’s relationship with the singer to be more professional than romantic.
‘It’s more of a musician thing than a dating thing,’ he said, before notably admitting that he had ‘not heard one way or the other.’
Both Keith Urban and Baugh have yet to publicly address the speculation. Representatives for all parties did not respond to requests for comment.