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Cochran, a school teacher from Gilbert's hometown, and now his wife, has inspired many of Gilbert's best (and saddest) songs.

These country stars have cooking shows, clothing stores and more!

Oh, Music City ...

Country music is as American as football / apple pie / insert-any-other-cliche-phrase-here, so it makes sense that, from time to time, the genre's artists would don some patriotic clothing.

There's nothing like a concert: the spectacle of live music, the experience of seeing songs you love brought to life ... and the possibility of the unexpected.

Brice and wife Sara have a storybook romance -- just ask Brice.

Haywood and Cashiola started off the old-fashioned way: as friends.

Did you know that these well-known country songs were almost hits for other artists?

Cheers, y'all!

Double entendre, puns, unexpected turns of phrase -- the best country stars and songwriters don't shy away from a literary device.

Country music centers so strongly on storytelling, and one of its favorites stories to tell is a love story.