Luke Combs Opens Up About The Bittersweet Side Of Parenting

Luke Combs posted another sneak peek of an unreleased ballad on Instagram on Tuesday evening (April 30). It’s the latest song Combs has shared that captures his life as a father of two.

“Huntin’ By Yourself” is a song “about doing things you love with your kids, but knowing they’ll grow up one day and then you’ll realize it’s never about what you’re doing but who you do it with,” the award-winning country star said as he posted a brief audio clip. As of publication time on Wednesday (May 1), more than 1,300 Instagram users have written comments about the emotional ballad, including Jordan Davis , iHeartRadio’s Brooke Taylor , Ray Fulcher , the hosts of the God’s Country podcast and many others.

Combs has also shared snippets of “ The Man He Sees in Me ,” an unreleased song about being the person his sons see when they look to him: “I hope he never finds out that I didn’t hang the moon/ And I’ve never scared a monster out the closet in his room/ One day between him leaving home and driving on my knee/ Maybe I’ll finally be, the man he sees in me.”

Combs and his wife, Nicole Co mbs, welcomed their firstborn child, son Tex Lawrence Combs , on Fathers Day in June 2022. Less than one year later, the family announced Nicole was pregnant with Baby No. 2. Their second child, son Beau Lee Combs, arrived in August 2023. The “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” star is currently on tour with Cody Jinks , The Avett Brothers , Charles Wesley Godwin , Hailey Whitters , The Wilder Blue , Jordan Davis , Mitchell Tenpenny , Drew Parker and Colby Acuff . See the remaining dates below.

May 3 - Jacksonville, FL - EverBank Stadium

May 4 - Jacksonville, FL - EverBank Stadium

May 10 - San Antonio, TX - Alamodome

May 11 - San Antonio, TX - Alamodome

May 17 - Santa Clara, CA - Levi’s® Stadium

May 18 - Santa Clara, CA - Levi’s® Stadium

May 31 - Phoenix, AZ - State Farm Stadium

June 1 - Phoenix, AZ - State Farm Stadium

June 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rice-Eccles Stadium

June 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rice-Eccles Stadium

June 14 - Los Angeles, CA - SoFi Stadium

June 15 - Los Angeles, CA - SoFi Stadium

July 19 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

July 20 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

July 26 - Washington, D.C. - FedExField

July 27 - Washington, D.C. - FedExField

August 2 - Cincinnati, OH - Paycor Stadium

August 3 - Cincinnati, OH - Paycor Stadium

August 9 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium

August 10 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium