Trisha Yearwood had been on the road twice with husband Garth Brooks before the couple set off on Brooks's comeback tour this fall.
This time, though, her role is much different.
"When I toured with Garth the other two times, I opened for him," she told USA Today. "The first time we toured together, I never was on stage with him. And so in '98, I would come out and maybe do one song, and then that would be it. So this is a really new experience for me to come out in the middle of his show and do a full set."
Yearwood admitted she was nervous to hit the road this time around.
"I didn't know how I would be received," she said. "I thought, 'Well, I'll be shiny quarter for a song or two, but what is really gonna happen?' And it's been wonderful. They've been so welcoming, and they sing all the songs. Those crowds. There's nothing like those crowds. I've always said that there's nothing like a Garth crowd."
She has also got a TV career to maintain while away from home. The Boot noted that Trisha's Southern Kitchen is an Emmy-winning show.
"As far as the cooking shows and stuff, we're in the new season right now, and I'm gonna try and figure out how I'm going to do this next season of Trisha's Southern Kitchen while I'm on the tour," she said. "It's going to be a bit of a challenge."
In related news, Brooks finally succumbed to social media and created accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
"I really wasn't sure about this at the start," he said in a video on his recently published Facebook page. "But then a friend of mine said something that just made all kinds of sense. She said, 'Think of it more as a conversation.' I like that."
Here are the officially scheduled dates on his current tour:
11/15: Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
11/19: Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/20: Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/21: Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/22: Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/23: Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
12/4: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
12/5: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
12/6: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
12/7: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
12/12: Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
12/13/14: Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
1/9/15: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/10: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/11: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/15: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/16: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/17: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
1/24: Boston, MA @ TD Garden
1/25: Boston, MA @ TD Garden
1/26: Boston, MA @ TD Garden
