Brian Kelley on 10 Years of Marriage to Wife Brittney: 'She'd Love Me If I Was Managing a Blockbuster' (Exclusive)

If they were a movie, he’d be the right guy. 

Brian and Brittney Kelley celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary on Dec. 16, and though the decade has seen incredible growth for Brian’s solo career in country music and Brittney’s fashion brand Tribe Kelley, the singer says he knows their love is about so much more. 

“I’ve got a lot — it’s hard to pick one,” says Brian, 38, when asked what his favorite thing about his wife is. “I just trust her with everything, like 'Hey, does this outfit look good? Did you like this song?' She's loyal, and she's just real and down to earth, and approaches life from an authentic, genuine place. I think she'd love me if I was managing a Blockbuster store if those even still existed. She's the best.”

While Blockbuster was busy ceasing operations in 2013, the Kelleys were just getting started, and all these years later, Brittney, 33, still loves spending time with the "See You Next Summer" singer.

“He hardly ever lets us be in a bad mood. I tend to vent, and he always tends to turn it around with his optimism,” she says, cracking a smile herself at the realization.  

“I feel like we're so happy right now. We're so content. We feel really blessed,” she adds. “We have everything we could ever ask for — health, being able to be around friends and family. I feel really happy.”

After splitting from his Florida Georgia Line bandmate Tyler Hubbard in 2022 so that they could both embark on separate careers, Brian says he's getting ready to release "truly my debut record as a solo artist."

He adds that the new album encapsulates more of who he is, and there are plenty of songs inspired by "being in love" with Brittney.

In fact, he still remembers the day he married his “best friend."

“It literally feels like I can close my eyes and still picture her walking down the steps at our old shack,” he says. “I feel like the luckiest, still to this day, to be married to her.”

The wedding isn’t just a distant memory for Brittney, either, who recalls the day with detail. 

“Time is such a wild concept. It does feel like it was yesterday. I remember being very intentional,” she says. “I wasn't really that bride that was over concerned about color palettes and napkins. I didn't even know what the tent looked like until it got there. I was just so conscious about him and our relationship and that our wedding day was about him and I.”

As the couple look ahead to the future and what the next 10 years may bring, their schedule is already stacked: Brian has his new album, Brittney is celebrating 10 years of Tribe Kelley, which she’s grown from an Etsy account in her college dorm room to a national brand, and they even opened burger joint Papa Surf Burger Bar in Florida.

Where the possibility of expanding their family beyond their four dogs is concerned, however, Brittney says that remains a matter for a higher power.  

“We go back and forth. We have a lot of friends and family that have kids, and we love kids, but we also love our time,” she says. “If God chose to bless us with that, we would welcome it with open arms. But, I think we're OK either way.” 

For now, the pair — who got married in Nashville — are focused on celebrating their big milestone: they have a trip planned to a spot in the French Alps that Brittney found for some “skiing and some sauna, spa, fires, snow.”

“It's going to be beautiful,” says Brian. “We're really excited.” 

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