Lady A Singer Charles Kelley talks about sobriety in new docuseries

Lady A’s Charles Kelley talks about his journey to sobriety.

On the Friday, November 15 episode of the Hulu docuseries, It’s all land, Kelley, 43, opened up about quitting alcohol after it started affecting his marriage to wife Cassie McConnell Kelley, as well as his work.

“Success is definitely a double-edged sword. You know, once you know what it feels like, and once you’ve been there, it’s a medicine in itself,” Kelley said on the series. “A lot of doubt can come in and there’s just a lot, I think, of having to keep your ego in check. I had to come back from treatment.”

According to Kelley, Lady A postponed their Request Line Tour by an entire year so he could go to a rehabilitation center in Utah.

“We were talking to our team about, you know, ‘What do we say? Why are we canceling the tour?’ he recalled, before explaining that he and bandmates Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood wanted to be “more honest” about the current situation.

“Dave and Hillary were such good friends throughout this whole journey,” he said. “And thank God I felt like I was getting a second lease on my career and my marriage.”

The country singer previously revealed that McConnell Kelley, 41, with whom he shares one son, had made plans to meet with a divorce lawyer before entering rehab.

“When he was in rehab and I went there for a family week, one of the first messages you got was, ‘You’re going to have to put in just as much work here.’ And I remember being so angry,” Kelley’s wife said earlier during an appearance on CBS mornings. “Like, you did this. And now I have to do all this work too? But… it affects every person in that family system. So I could have chosen not to do the work, but then I have to live with de So whether Charles and I were married or not, whether I saw him again for the rest of my life, I still had to deal with what I had been through.’

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Lady A shared a statement on Instagram in August 2022 when they first announced the postponement of their tour.

“Being on the road with our fans is our greatest joy, so it was a difficult but important decision to make,” the group wrote. “We are a band, but more importantly… we are family. We are proud to say that Charles has begun a journey to sobriety.”

Also during his performance op It’s all land, Kelley said getting sober is the “best decision I’ve ever made in my life.”

“I didn’t mean to share my story so much. I just think it’s so common and we all struggle with it. The stage of my career I’m in and the stage of life I’m in, I want to be able to give back too, in a positive way, even if it’s just a little bit of encouragement,” he said.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.