God's Country

Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson gave Corey Kent advice that helped change the direction of his life. In this episode of God’s Country, Corey joins The Brothers Hunt to tell those stories—and opens up about getting fired with a new baby at home, leaving Nashville, building a life in Texas, and redefining what success really means.

Corey shares how he handed Garth Brooks a burned CD containing the only three songs he had written, why he confidently claimed they were ready for country radio, and the life-changing message Garth later sent him. He also remembers singing with Willie Nelson as a teenager and receiving the advice that first sent him to Nashville.

The conversation goes deeper into faith, family, fatherhood, hunting, and the emotional moment Corey experienced on his family’s Oklahoma land before delivering his grandfather’s eulogy. Plus, he talks about “Wild as Her,” his upcoming album Heartland Rock N Roll, working with Jason Aldean, and why he plans to live his life in seasons.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Meet Corey Kent

04:00 Why Corey and his wife had a fourth child

07:20 Getting fired with a new baby at home

09:20 Leaving Nashville for Texas

14:00 What You Mad At?

17:20 The rising cost of Corey’s party barn

25:00 Hunting, public land and chasing adventure

31:00 Parenting and embracing the season you’re in

34:20 Redefining success and building a full table

39:20 Corey remembers his grandfather

44:20 The deer that appeared before the eulogy

48:00 Corey Can: The Game

53:00 Corey’s journey through Nashville and Texas

54:30 Singing with Willie Nelson

57:15 Handing Garth Brooks a burned CD

58:30 Garth’s life-changing advice

1:03:30 Putting music in its proper place

1:05:20 Why Corey lets the best song win

1:07:00 Heartland Rock N Roll and Corey’s influences

1:11:00 Why playing live means everything

1:15:20 Contentment, ambition and life after music

1:20:00 “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive”

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Rascal Flatts frontman Gary LeVox joins, The Brothers Hunt, also known as Dan and Reid Isbell for an unforgettable episode of God’s Country—talking about the Rascal Flatts reunion, his faith, a legendary country music career, and his lifelong obsession with hunting.

Gary takes us back to the beginning, from building swimming pools by day and playing Nashville bars at night to earning 17 No. 1 hits with Rascal Flatts. He shares the God moment that convinced him to pursue music, what it felt like to reunite with Jay and Joe Don, and how the group became the first country band to sell out Wrigley Field—outselling Billy Joel and Elton John in the process.

Then the conversation heads into the woods. Gary swaps stories about bowhunting giant whitetails, his favorite Illinois buck, hunting with his daughters, balancing deer season with life on the road, and why chiggers are the first thing he plans to ask the Lord about when he gets to heaven.

Plus, Gary discusses “Life Is a Highway” crossing one billion streams, the Rascal Flatts songs he still loves singing, his new music, and the role faith continues to play in his life and career. He even closes the episode by singing a few country classics live.

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Wynn Varble has written some of the most iconic songs in country music for Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, and Easton Corbin—and he brought the stories behind them to God’s Country.

Wynn joins Reid and Dan to share how he and Darryl Worley wrote “Have You Forgotten?” in just 90 minutes, the story behind Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ on a Woman,” and the lessons he learned while trying to make it as a Nashville songwriter.

They also talk about Wynn’s years as Darryl Worley’s roommate, catching six-pound smallmouth on Tennessee’s Duck River, surviving an unexpected Asian carp attack, and why the best country songs come from real life.

Plus, Wynn performs the unreleased “Nashville Tears” and closes the episode with “Waitin’ on a Woman”—a song Reid calls one of the greatest country songs ever written.

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The stories were too good to hear only once. We’re looking back at some of our favorite God’s Country moments of 2026 with Zach Top, Bailey Zimmerman, Koe Wetzel, Avery Anna, Kip Moore, Jake Owen and Brantley Gilbert.

From Koe Wetzel’s legendary “Moon Fire” deer hunt and Bailey Zimmerman buying his mom a house, to Avery Anna’s powerful perspective on faith, Kip Moore’s emotional tribute to Brett James, Jake Owen’s honest conversation about hitting rock bottom and Brantley Gilbert opening up about addiction—this episode has a little bit of everything.

There are plenty of laughs, but these conversations also get honest about family, faith, loss, recovery and the moments that remind us what really matters.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Best of God’s Country
00:40 Zach Top
06:00 Koe Wetzel
14:15 Bailey Zimmerman
19:40 Avery Anna
28:40 Kip Moore
40:00 Jake Owen
49:00 Brantley Gilbert

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Brantley Gilbert joins The Brothers Hunt for one of the most honest and funniest conversations ever recorded in God’s Country.

Brantley opens up about the addiction that nearly controlled his life, revealing why he never drank simply to have fun—he drank to quiet the noise. He shares what finally pushed him toward sobriety, what Keith Urban told him about performing sober, and the unforgettable advice Toby Keith gave him when he needed to fight his way forward.

The boys also dig into Brantley’s new album, Sins of the Father, including the fear that inspired its title track, his prayer that his children won’t have to pay for his past, and how becoming a husband and father completely changed his priorities. Brantley also shares the powerful story behind “Beggin’ for Change” with Jelly Roll and explains why addiction doesn’t care who you are or where you come from.

Of course, it wouldn’t be God’s Country without some chaos. Brantley reveals why he broke out an American-flag Speedo on a family beach trip, defends Luke Bryan from his critics, reacts to the Mandela Effect, and explains why winning over ten strangers in a bar can be harder than performing for 30,000 people.

This episode has it all: addiction, recovery, faith, fatherhood, country music, hunting stories and plenty of redneck nonsense.

Brantley Gilbert’s new album, Sins of the Father, arrives July 24.

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