Luke Bryan reveals how teen sons have ‘hijacked’ his life in rare insight

Luke Bryan is opening up about the challenges of having teenagers.

The “Country Girl” singer shares two sons with his wife Caroline, Thomas “Bo” Boyer, 16, and Tatum “Tate” Christopher, 14, who have apparently completely “hijacked” their parents’ schedules.

In addition to Bo and Tate, the American Idol judge and his wife, who he married in 2006, are also raising their nephew Tilden Cheshire and their nieces, Jordan and Kris Cheshire after the three kids lost both their mom and dad in 2007 and 2014, respectively. Their mom, Luke’s sister Kelly, died of undetermined causes in 2007, and her husband Ben died of a heart attack seven years later.

Luke, during an appearance on LIVE with Kelly & Mark ahead of the March 16 premiere of the new season of American Idol, explained how his kids now doing “all forms of sports” have taken over their parents’ lives.

“Their sports have hijacked my wife’s life, mainly,” he shared, before joking: “We love planning trips and then canceling them for travel baseball schedules.”

Still, he maintained of his boys: “They’re amazing. We’re having a blast.”

This upcoming season of American Idol will be the first to feature Carrie Underwood as a judge — following Katy Perry’s departure — 20 years after she won the famed competition.

Luke also opened up about how he and the “Before He Cheats” singer bond over both raising sons, sharing that they “have fun” because his kids “are a few years older than hers, so I know where she’s at in her path, raising two boys, and then I know where I’m at in my path.”

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Further giving insight into raising teenagers, Luke also noted that the fact that one of them already drives is “terrifying.”

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“Obviously I’ve got my nephew who lives with us too, he’s 23 now. So he’s trying to go and conquer life,” he went on, before emphasizing: “But the boys are great, they’re my buddies. We hang out now!”

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Luke previously discussed the fact that his eldest son is already a driver during an appearance on Audacy’s Katie & Company podcast in 2023. “He’s 15 so he’s doing the whole learner’s permit nightmare,” he confessed, adding: “He is not a very good driver right now, so we’re having to work with him pretty hard.”

“He’s very frustrated right now because he thinks he knows how to drive, but he has no idea what he’s doing,” he noted, and further joked: “He thinks because he can operate a 4-wheeler or Polaris that he is quite proficient, but he is not, I assure you.”