Dierks Bentley’s Christmases In The Desert

Dierks Bentley is one country star who has yet to record a Christmas album of his own. He has done some Christmas songs, like a few years ago when he joined Terri Clark for "Let It Snow."

The song is an interesting choice for a Christmas song, considering Dierks never got much snow as a kid during the holiday. He told us, "I grew up in Arizona, so we didn't have like a white winter kind of deal. We celebrated Christmas in the desert. My family and a couple of other families would go out to the desert, bring a big turkey, and just kinda have a cookout in the middle of the desert. We would drink beers and ride four-wheelers."

He added, "So, whenever I think of Christmas, I always think of the desert, which is a little weird, but that's just how we did it in Arizona."

Bentley has three kids now with wife Cassie, but he still acts like a kid during the holidays. He told us, "You have a family, and all of a sudden, it's like I'm all Clark Griswold [from the National Lampoon: Vacation films] out there decorating the tree, putting lights up around the house. So, all of those things that you did as a kid and appreciated as a kid, you get a chance to do over again when you have kids because you kinda become one again."

Dierks still keeps up the holiday traditions with his kids that he had as a kid. He said, "One of our favorite Christmas traditions is just driving around looking at lights. Love seeing all the lights back in the valley, back in Arizona and Phoenix where I'm from, and that tradition is carried over to here for me in Nashville."

He concluded, "We've got a lot of lights up on the house. We've got a Grinch in the front yard, as well as a talking Santa, so new traditions here in Nashville and some old ones, as well."

Country music is all about family. Country stars have kids and share their moments with all of us through social media and in the lyrics to some of their songs. While most country stars these days have young kids and even babies at home, many have children in their teens, and some who are adults.

Tim McGraw told us recently that two of his daughters are pursuing careers in the entertainment business. Tim's music career spans over 30 years, and he made his acting debut on The Jeff Foxworthy Show over 25 years ago. He and his wife Faith Hill, who also acts, have some advice for their daughters.

McGraw told us, "You know, Audrey's an actor, Gracie's an actor/singer. She's working on auditions for Broadway. And all we can tell them is, 'Look, you're gonna get a lot of no's in this business. This business is more no's than it is yes, but you try to learn from every audition you have, every door that's shut. You try to learn from it, and you just try to persevere and try to gain experience from it."

A year earlier, Tim spoke to us about his girls in a different interview. He offered, "It's funny because Faith and I've talked about that a little bit, and I think we see each other in all three of 'em. There are little parts of us in all three of 'em. They're all completely different creatures, but they all have big hearts, and they all are very polite, and they really respect people, and they all feel like they wanna make a difference in the world."

He added, "Hopefully, we've instilled that into them. And we've always also given them the opportunity to sort of explore themselves and find out who they are and try things."

We gathered up ten country stars in today's music that have kids in their teens and adult years.

Tim and Faith often post about their adult daughters, Gracie, who is 26; Maggie, who is 25; and Audrey, who is 21. His oldest and youngest daughters are pursuing acting careers in New York City. McGraw posted a Happy Birthday to his middle girl earlier this week.

Brad and his wife Kimberly have two sons, William Huckleberry (they call him Huck), who is 16, and Jasper, who is 14. Brad doesn't post much about his sons, and he and Kimberly keep them under wraps so they can have an everyday life. He mentioned the boys on a recent Today show appearance, saying they are "good kids" and then joking, "But it's early." His new video features one of his boys ( he does not specify which h one) a bit younger catching a fish.

Blake is a stepdad to Gwen Stefani's three boys, including Kingston, 17; Zuma, 14; and Apollo, 9. Blake just recently hosted Kingston performing a song at his Ole Red bar in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Neither Blake nor Gwen posts much about the three boys on social media. Blake recently posted about a special first performance from a "debut artist" at his club. It was, of course, Kingston.

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Jelly Roll has a 15-year-old daughter named Baillee, that joined him on the red carpet at his Hulu documentary party earlier this year. Jelly posted a video clip of himself teaching his daughter how to drive to Instagram.

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Luke has two teenage sons, Bo, 16, and Tate, 13. He often posts about his sons, as does his wife, Caroline. She posted a sweet video of herself and her oldest son as he was drivng her around.

Jason is the dad to four kids. He has two teenage daughters from his first wife: Keeley, who is 20, and Kendyl, who is 16. Aldean's current wife, Brittney, mom to his two toddlers, often posts about the family. She posted this with both of Jason's teen daughters in 2021.

Keith and Nicole keep details close to the vest about their two daughters, Sunday, 15, and Faith, 13. While the girls are rarely seen or photographed with their famous parents, both girls had a small part in Nicole's HBO mini-series The Undoing in 2020. The couple does not post socials about their girls. They do post about each other, as Nicole wished her hubby a happy wedding anniversary in June.

Dierks and his wife Cassie have three children. Evalyn Day, who is 15 and a great singer. Bentley's daughter Jordan is 13, and the family's baby is son Knox, 10. Dierks doesn't post much about his daughters on Instagram, but he shares a lot about his son, who hosted the recent NHL Awards in Nashville with his famous dad.

Garth has three adult daughters with his first wife, Sandy Mahl. The oldest, Allie Colleen Brooks, is a country singer herself. She is 31. Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks is 29, and his youngest daughter August Anna Brooks is 27. Allie Colleen posts a lot of her life as a budding country singer on Instagram.

Reba has one son named Shelby, who is 32 -years old. He was married in February of 2022, and his mom Reba sang "Fancy" at the wedding reception. Shelby marked the first anniversary of his wedding on Instagram in February.