The dad of four picked up the JUNO for Country Album of the Year on Saturday night
“[It] showed me, in a big way, that there’s no rules anymore, and the way I maybe thought my career had to be or the direction that I should be moving, it doesn’t matter,” he said in the press room after winning his award. “You can do whatever you want and try to make a difference in a unique way… we kept everybody safe and played all of those great shows, and it was very special.”
The pandemic has prompted many of us to focus on what’s important, and Brett has also expanded his family since that tour and recording What is Life? He and his wife Cecilia are the parents of four children now, and he told media outlets his lovely family influenced the LP in a big way.
“My family is everything… because if you look at what we endured over the last couple of years, that was my saving grace,” the proud dad said to the press. “My wife and I, we really, really enjoy simplifying things, organizing our lives and focusing on the things that really matter, which are not the materialistic things.”
WATCH: Brett was also nominated for Single of the Year for “Make a Life, Not a Living”
“Make a Life, Not a Living,” one of the album’s standout songs, hit number one on the Canadian country charts. With lyrics like “you can’t take nothing with you when you go,” Brett said it best exemplifies his family’s approach.