Walker Hayes on Touring With Wife, 6 Kids and 2 Dogs: ‘Very Unique’

Happening a nationwide tour with a household of six children and two canine looks as if an not possible feat, however Walker Hayes makes it look straightforward.

“It’s completely jam-packed,” the nation singer, 44, completely tells Us Weekly’s Backstage Move within the newest version of the journal, on newsstands now. “Our life is fairly distinctive.”

Whereas he has been releasing music for nearly 20 years — about the identical period of time he has been married to his spouse, Laney — Hayes lately went viral on TikTok for his tune “Fancy Like,” bringing his profession to new heights.

Hayes kicked off his Similar Drunk tour in Might, bringing alongside Laney, their daughters Lela, 18, Loxley, 11, and Everly, 8, their sons Chapel, 17, Baylor, 15, and Beckett, 13, and their two canine, Magnolia and Hazel.

“It’s chaotic,” Hayes tells Us. “There’s at all times any person to hug and there’s at all times a canine to pet. Having my spouse there may be the most effective. I can actually stroll side-stage between any tune and provides her a hug.”

Hold scrolling for extra behind-the-scenes tour tales from Hayes:

Household Life on the Highway

It’s completely jam-packed. This previous weekend, we truly had the in-laws on the bus with us. So it was six children, 4 canine, two bus drivers and my mother- and father-in-law. I don’t know the way they survived!

We’ve obtained a reasonably cool routine. Our life could be very distinctive. We keep up a lot later than the common household as a result of I don’t begin work till about 9:00 p.m., so we often eat an after-show dinner round 11:30 [at night]. After the gang’s gone, we get the canine and the children out in empty venues, run round and get our power out. It’s full chaos, nevertheless it beats being on the market alone.

Date Evening on Tour

We simply have to inform the children you’re by yourself. We’re fairly trustworthy with them. We want some us time, and so Laney and I’ll take a stroll, have an ice cream date or make them get on the bus and grasp within the inexperienced room for some time.

My children are merciful they usually’re very forgiving and understanding. They understand that they exist as a result of mother and pop love one another. They’re no stranger to me and Laney having a while collectively.

Tour Bus Necessities

Individuals are in all probability gonna be a bit vital as a result of it’s not so wholesome, however Cinnamon Toast Crunch is on there. We now have a whole lot of Hershey’s with almonds, and I even have a flowery, non-alcoholic beer. The fridge is at all times stocked with that. So [I have] a few these after each present. Then, additionally, most of my tour bus is filled with canine beds, crates, leashes hanging up, something my canine want.

Inexperienced Room Vibe

With the children, Lainey and the canine, we feature fairly an abundance of toys, like corn gap, curler blades, fishing rods, ball gloves, I imply, we obtained all of it. The entire storage is beneath a bus. And we even have a fitness center, that’s sort of distinctive. We stock a bit health middle we will arrange on a cart with a pull-up bar, a bench and a whole lot of dumbbells. In order that’s fairly cool. In every single place we go, it will get arrange round midday and the band can work out, my children can be a part of me. We hit the weights fairly laborious.

With reporting by Mandie DeCamp