Riley Green spends most of his time away from home. Between his successful music career and being a coach on The Voice, the 38-year-old would love to settle down and start a family someday, even if that time isn’t right now.
“If I like my son near as much as I like my nephew Joe, I think we’ll get along great,” Green tells People. “But I haven’t seen Carl, my dog, in a month. I struggle to think there’s a girl that’s… I can barely make this lifestyle work.”
Green knows he isn’t alone in trying to balance his job with his personal life. Still, that doesn’t always make it much of a consolation.
“I think that’s probably a battle for anybody that’s in a demanding position … just a career where you’re on the road 200-plus days a year,” Green says. “I was busy before I started filming The Voice. Now I’m in L.A. every day.
“So my lifestyle has just got to change a little bit,” he continues. “I think that what gets me by now, without having those things that I’m hoping for, is I get to FaceTime my nephew, and see what he’s doing, and watch him play sports, and catch up with my family. We’re all still really close. They make it bearable in a pretty hectic lifestyle right now.”
Riley Green Feels at Home in Alabama
Green might travel all over the world, but his favorite place to be is still his Alabama ranch.
“I think my biggest disconnect is getting on a bulldozer, a tractor, and tilling up or bush-hogging or planting something or clearing roads,” Green tells Country Living. “You forget you have a phone when you’re out there. There’s no point bringing it with you. You can’t get any service anyway.”
Of course, being at home also means spending more time with his loved ones, which is still a high priority for Green, even if it doesn’t happen as often as he would like.
“There is a little bit about my lifestyle that would make anybody a little reclusive and a little stingy of their time,” Green says. “Obviously, I don’t even see my family that much. So I always spend a day or two and kind of catch up with everybody, take everybody out to dinner. If my niece and nephew are around, they always run around over here. So I love to have them over a little bit.”
Riley Green’s Latest ‘That’s Just Me’ Album
In September, Green released his fourth studio album, That’s Just Me. The record includes his current “Think As You Drunk I Am” single, which is currently in the Top 10.
“I think stylistically it’s got a lot of different types of songs on it. I think that was something that was so great about the album, Don’t Mind If I Do,” Green tells Audacy, referring to his former record. “It had a lot of different moods. And I always tend to write sad country songs, and people don’t want to cry all day long. So I have some beer up in the air, drinking songs like ‘Think As You Drunk I Am,’ and I’ve got some beach songs. There’s a lot of different types of moments on here.”
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