Why Blake Shelton’s Music Career Is “Taking A Backseat”

It’s been a little more than a year since country crooner Blake Shelton said “I do” to pop queen Gwen Stefani, and his new wife and her sons have changed Blake in a big way.

In a new interview with ET, Shelton said that his music career is no longer his number one priority. Instead his focus is going to be on Gwen and her boys, Kingston (16), Apollo (8) and Zuma (13).

“Look, I love music and I love The Voice. I love all the cool things I get to do with my job, but those things all take a backseat now to Gwen and the kids and it’s just a new phase of my life,” he said.

Blake made it clear that he’s not leaving music behind completely. In fact, he’s embracing the freedom he has to release singles whenever he wants without the pressure of compiling full abums.

“I’m having fun putting out songs when I feel like it and luckily the record label allows me to do that,” he shared. “They always support it when I do it and my stupid ideas of doing a ’90s country video…they’re always on board and because of that, we have a ‘God’s Country’ once in a while or a ‘Happy Anywhere.’”