After nearly 10 years with Gwen Stefani, country superstar Blake Shelton has learned a thing or two about making a relationship work.
After meeting as judges on Season 7 of The Voice in 2014, Shelton and Stefani started dating in November 2015, going on to tie the knot on July 3, 2021. In a new interview with People, Shelton opened up about the couple’s love story, admitting that time feels like it’s flying by.
“Some of the things that we talk about, we’re to the point in our relationship that it’s like, ‘Oh, remember what happened…’ and you realize, ‘Oh my God, that was 8 years ago!’ It’s like, how did this happen so quickly?” Shelton marveled.
But even if “10 years is a long time,” the romance “still feels new” for Shelton, he admitted.
“I feel like that might be the key to happiness, is that it feels just as exciting and new and happy,” he said.
Shelton and Stefani got even closer while joining forces to record a duet for his latest album, For Recreational Use Only (scheduled for release on May 9). In fact, as Shelton explained, the couple actually cut two tracks in the studio.
“We were both so fired up about both of them that we ended up holding one back for the next project,” he said.
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“Hangin’ On” is the name of the song that made it on For Recreational Use Only — and while Shelton said it was a “challenge” to get it right, he and Stefani had plenty of opportunities to practice ahead of time.
“We live together, so we walk around the house singing these songs all the time and we have months to talk about, ‘Hey, maybe you jump on that part,'” he said, adding, “By the time we get to the studio, we’re normally really prepared.”
Of course, that doesn’t mean the husband and wife always have the same approach to making music.
“Gwen is way more particular when it comes to a lyric. I’ve never been as much of a stickler as she is. It’s really important for her to be able to see herself in the lyric that she’s singing vs. me. I’ve sung about going to prison, and there’s never really been a debate,” he quipped.
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