Miranda Lambert is a country music legend.
Her songs are meaningful and oftentimes relatable, earning her a loyal fanbase.
She has had struggles to overcome to make her into who she is today.
“I’m a little rough around the edges sometimes,” she toldGood Housekeepingin 2012.
“The best example I can set is to be real and show my flaws.
I can be pretty intense, and I can be a downer.”
But Lambert has learned to take the good with the bad.
“I’m thankful for the lessons, even though they hurt at the time.”
This is Miranda Lambert’s story and a look at how it has impacted her music.
“Miranda started off extremely shy,” Beverly said of the “Gunpowder & Lead” singer.
“She wouldn’t speak.
Not a word at school.
If she had to order her own food, she’d just not eat.”
Discovering her love for music also gave Lambert newfound confidence, which she revealed in an interview withBillboard.
Lambert is a confident woman who doesn’t hold back even if her decisions are sometimes frowned upon.
Take, for example, when shecalled out fans for taking a selfieat her Las Vegas show in 2023.
“My family is awesome.”
However, the singer’s childhood was not necessarily what most would consider “normal.”
Herparents were both private investigatorswhose work focused on helping women and children experiencing domestic violence.
“We didn’t hide reality from our kids,” Richard told Marie Claire.
The stories she learned from these women impacted her life and music.
“They’d share a room with me.
“My parents lost everything they had … we were homeless,” she told Good Housekeeping.
“Our whole world turned upside down.”
They lived with her uncle for two years.
“Some of the windows were boarded up, and we never did get central heating.
Unlike music, she wasn’t naturally gifted in athletics or academics.
“I had to work at everything.
I (was bad) in school.
I (was bad) at sports except for softball, but I had to work at that.
I was a cheerleader but always had to stay after.
Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.”
Lambert’s goal was clear she had no intention of attending college and getting a degree.
Still, she said she was a “good kid.”
“I’m only 5'4, so weight shows quickly on me.
I’ve hit a comfortable place; this is pretty much my size.”
Acceptance came after years of unhappiness.
In 2013, she wrote a letter to fans on her website addressing her weight loss.
I DID NOT have surgery to lose weight.
That is ridiculous,” she wrote (viaPeople).
“I lost my weight the healthy and good old-fashioned way.
Watching what I eat and working out with my trainer Bill Crutchfield.”
In 2006, Shelton and Williams divorced, and he and Lambert would later begin dating.
“People made assumptions that were not true,” Lambert told Good Housekeeping of her relationship with Shelton.
In 2011, Lambert and Shelton married.
“He’s supposed to be my husband.”
But not everyone was as happy about the marriage as they were.
Lambert’s ex-boyfriend, Jeff Allen McManus, took to Twitter with his thoughts.
I almost gave up.
But I can finally see something on the horizon up there!!
Could it be?!
It’s karma!!”
But their relationship would crumble three years later.
In July 2015, the two released a statement informing fans of their breakup.
“This is not the future we envisioned,” read the statement provided toUs Weekly.
“And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately.”
“It’s very humbling to be hurt, and I have to be honest.
My fans expect that from me,” she said.
In the same interview, she explained that she channeled her emotions into songwriting.
“That meant I could find some way to deal with it.”
“I wasn’t prepared for that,” she said.
“I don’t think anybody is.
There werevarious reportsabout what went wrong, but much of the blame for the split was placed on Lambert.
In July 2015,TMZreported that Shelton allegedly believed Lambert had cheated on him.
Lambert was also painted as someone more dedicated to her music than her marriage.
“He is eager to have children, but she really enjoys not being tied down.
“They are never together, and he was wanting them to move close to being together.
She really loves her career and touring.”
“I am who I am.
I am honest about being flawed,” she said in an interview with HITS Daily Double.
“That’s all I can be, you know?
I get divorced and get my heart broken.
I break hearts.”
Some have become alarmed over Lambert’s use of alcohol as a crutch following her heartbreaks.
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Miranda Lambert mourned the losses of several beloved pets
Miranda Lambert is a bona fide animal lover.
We have never been without pets.
I can’t imagine how that would be.”
Sadly, she has mourned the loss of some of her pets over the years.
In 2020, Lambert posted onInstagramabout how she was devastated by her dog Waylon’s death.
“He was a rock in our family and always held down the fort.
He lived his life with no fences.
The way we all want to live,” she captioned the photos of Waylon.
Less than a year later, Jessi also died.
“I can’t put into words what a dog’s love does to a heart.
Lambert experienced heartbreak again in 2023 with the death of her Great Pyrenees.
“Yesterday we had to say goodbye to our sweet Thelma,” the singer wrote onInstagram.
“She spent her days lounging in the barn and her nights keeping watch over all of us.
I loved her with all my heart.”
This included pictures of the two performing onstage and getting matching arrow tattoos.
“We met in 2001 in Greenville, Texas.
That was the beginning of our journey together.
We went through so much life together on and off the stage.”
Lambert also referred to Wray as family and praised him for being reliable.
“I’m always anxious.
I will worry myself into oblivion,” Lambert told Marie Claire in a 2015 interview.
“I was trying to make everything regimented, and it caused too much stress.
I learned everything doesn’t have to be perfect.
That sometimes it’s OK to say, ‘I don’t want to be the boss today.
Bother someone else.’
I like things better flawed anyway.”
The pandemic brought new challenges and uncertainty for Lambert, which made her feel even more unsettled.
Her honesty on the topic is refreshing.
Frankly, it’s comforting to know that eventheMiranda Lambert doesn’t always have everything figured out.
