Brantley Gilbert is enjoying a very successful career in country music, but he went that route only after considering nearly every other job in the world.
"I went to college for two years and figured it wasn't for me," he recalls in a statement from his label. "But I couldn't decide between majors. At one point I thought about law enforcement. And then I looked around at me and my friends and knew that wasn't an option. So that quickly went away.
"And you know, at one point I even thought I was gonna be a relationship counselor," he continues. "You know, that sounded good, 'cause all girls would come to me with their problems and I'd write songs and talk 'em through it and all that. I was like, maybe I'd be good at that. And I figured I'd be responsible for more divorces than social media when I really thought about it. So that got X-ed out.
"I'd probably be coaching [if I wasn't doing music] if I had to guess," he concludes. "I really enjoyed that. I got to coach some football where I went to high school, before I left, and I had a good time with that. So I'd say that's probably a safe bet. I'd probably be teaching and coaching."
