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Chris Young Reveals ‘I’m Really Happy’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Chris Young is in good shape physically, mentally, and musically. He’s releasing a new album this month, and he is keeping the sixty pounds he lost last year off with diet and exercise.

We talked to Chris recently, and he told us about getting fit. He said, “I don’t think you can pick the time when you’re gonna do that. It just happens. Until you are willing to let it change, it’s never gonna happen.”

He added what steered him in the right direction, “I saw a photo of myself at one point, and I was like, ‘I’m a little too big for my frame even though I’m six-four. I think this is a new season, and I’m the kind of person that works really well when they’re happy, and I’m really happy.”

The Shirtless Social Post

Around the time that he first lost the weight, he posted a shirtless photo that got a lot of attention from fans and foes alike. He told us why he posted it, saying, “Honestly, more than anything, being able to put that up there for anybody else that needs to field themselves a little bit. I don’t have a six-pack, but I can probably bench-press anybody over my head right now.”

He concluded, “If not now, then when?”

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His New Album

Young is releasing a new song from his forthcoming album Young Love & Saturday Nights on Friday (3/8). The new song is called “What She Sees In Me.” Produced by Young and written by Young with Christian Davis Stalnecker, Kyle Fishman, Ray Fulcher, and Josh Hoge, the song is what he hopes will become a first-dance song for many couples at their wedding.

Chris will release an official music video for the new track also on Friday (3/8)

Young’s Young Love & Saturday Nights album will feature 18 songs. He told us in the name interview that the project is the result of countless writing and listening sessions. He is a writer on 15 of the album’s 18 songs and the sole producer of three songs. The project is Young’s first new album since 2021’s Famous Friends. The forthcoming record also includes previously released sides, “Right Now,” “Double Down,” “Looking For You,” and “All Dogs Go To Heaven.”

Chris’s Young Love & Saturday Nights will be released on March 22.

Top Five Country Music Bachelors

  • Bailey Zimmerman

    Bailey is currently Morgan Wallen’s opening act on his 2023 “One Night At A Time” stadium tour. Zimmerman, who is just 23 years old, told us recently just how his love life is going as his country music star continues to rise. He said, “Just speaking for me, my love life has been… It’s crazy. I believe in God like really, really heavy. I’ve learned that he is gonna show you things that you don’t think are gonna happen, like, ‘You’re gonna find this girl, and you think, ‘Oh, no, I might fall in love.’ Then all of a sudden, she breaks your heart, and you write another banger of a heartache song, and then you have no idea what God has next in store for you.”

    He doesn’t ever post about a girl on his social media, but he does seem to have fun every day.

  • Dustin Lynch

    Dustin went for years without a girlfriend, and then a few years ago, he found a woman named Kelli Seymour, who he thought was the one for him. They have since broken up, and Lynch told People at the time of the breakup that she “ghosted him.” He noted that he had no regret about the relationship and that “It was one of those ‘We didn’t survive quarantine’ relationships.” He said that through the relationship, he learned much about himself and what he wants in a future partner. From the looks of his social media, the country hitmaker has been going out with friends and may very well be searching for the new love of his life.

  • Chris Young

    Chris has made it clear that he keeps his personal life personal and does not disclose who he is dating at any given time. Earlier in his career, he dated fellow recording artist and Texas native Kristen Kelly. They broke up, and since he has not said who he may be dating. Young recently posted on Instagram that he has been working out and lost 60 pounds.

    Earlier this year, he told us of his love life, “I would go as far as use opposed (to speaking about it). I don’t talk about my personal life. I keep that separate. Some people do, and some people don’t; I do. I will say that, yeah, there are totally times when a relationship or a situation I’ve been in influences my songs, and I think that’s important because it comes from a place of realism. I can sing it and mean it.”

  • Riley Green

    Riley is one handsome guy. Many think his trademark unshaven look resembles the Marlboro Man from the 1970s. He’s single, and as far as we know, he’s eligible, although rumors are that he started a relationship with a girlfriend in 2022. A girl did appear for a time on his social media. For the most part, it looks like the most important woman in his life is his mom, whom he wished a happy birthday just last week. He wrote, “Happy birthday to the lady that drove me to guitar lessons every week and took me to the Chinese place in the mall. Love you, momma. #youareappreciated.”

  • Morgan Wallen

    Morgan does have a toddler son from a previous relationship, but for the most part, he’s single and one of country music’s most sought-after. He said in a recent interview, “I had a girlfriend for a while. Not recently. That was the last one I had. I don’t have anybody right now. It’s kind of hard. Just how busy I’ve been. I got a son, an album, a tour; I’ve got all these things I do.”

    He added, “It’s really hard for me to make time for that. I want to, though. I think I’m coming up on my ‘settle down phase.’ We’ll see. I’m not in a hurry.”

    Wallen doesn’t post much about his personal life on Instagram, but now and then, he posts a sweet photo of his son Indigo and his dad.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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