Brad Paisleys Wife Shares Secret to Lasting Marriage

Kimberly Williams-Paisley has revealed the key to keeping her 23-year marriage to country star Brad Paisley alive.

The 9-1-1: Nashville actress said it actually boils down to two words, 'Don't leave.'

Williams-Paisley, 54, admitted the two-word phrase was actually borrowed from another big-name star.

'I heard say recently, the secret is 'Don't leave.' I thought that was really, actually brilliant,' Williams-Paisley told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood earlier this month, where she spoke at a screening of her 1991 movie Father of the Bridge.

'Yeah, just know there's gonna be ups and downs and don't give up. That was our secret,' she added.

Williams-Paisley and the 53-year-old Waitin' on a Woman singer - who r- both juggle busy careers, but they work at carving out time to be together.

'We find time, we have to be deliberate about it,' she said. 'And I mean, we're married 23 years now. And we've also, there's times when we're busier and times when we're not.

'And right now I'm busier and, you know, he's about to start a tour this summer, which will make him busy. But when we have the downtime, we really make the most of it.'

The couple, who have two sons, William 'Huck' Huckleberry, 19, and Jasper Warren, 17, celebrated their anniversary on March 3 and it arrived with a sweet surprise from her husband.

'Yeah, just know there's gonna be ups and downs and don't give up. That was our secret,' she added; the couple are pictured in 2022