Brantley Gilbert has a son and a daughter – Barrett, who’s two and a half, and Braylen, who’s 6 months old – and he says, “I was honestly terrified of having a little girl and then a bunch of my buddies tellin’ me, like, ‘Man, you’re gonna be wrapped around her finger.’”
Knowing how hard he has to work not to be a pushover with his son, Brantley knows his wife Amber is probably going to have to be more of the disciplinarian for his daughter. “I just told my wife, I was like, ‘Look you may have to be a little harder on her.’”
But one thing Brantley is not, is a hovering parent or an overly-protective parent to his son Barrett. He says, “I’m pretty tough on him. Like, if he falls, he’s gotta get up and figure a lot of stuff out his self, and he’s a little young for that. I kinda let him wander off and do his thing and I let him make mistakes and when he does, you know, I’ll shape him up.”
At the same time, Brantley laughs and says, “He’s a little bit like me so you can’t let him get one over on you cause a will. He’s got me figured out already.”
Ultimately, Brantley just hopes his kids don’t grow up too fast – figuratively and literally. “As far as she goes, I’m excited to go day by day with her and watching her grow,” he says, “and just hope maybe she doesn’t grow as fast as he has because I feel like somebody hit the fast forward button the minute he came out.”
Brantley is currently out on the road on his Fire’t Up Tour, which is named after his latest single from his Fire & Brimstone album.
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“You know, I was honestly terrified of having a little girl and then a bunch of my buddies tellin’ me, like, ‘Man, you’re gonna be wrapped around her finger.’ And I just told my wife, I was like, ‘Look you may have to be a little harder on her.’ I’m pretty tough on him. Like, if he falls, he’s gotta get up and figure a lot of stuff out his self, and he’s a little young for that. I kinda let him wander off and do his thing and I let him make mistakes and when he does, you know, I’ll shape him up. And he’s a little bit like me so you can’t let him get one over on you cause a will. He’s got me figured out already. But yeah as far as she goes, I’m excited to go day by day with her and watching her grow and just hope maybe she doesn’t grow as fast as he has because I feel like somebody hit the fast forward button the minute he came out.”