Meet the season 4 farmers of ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’
Sean Cavanaugh, Braden Pridemore and Brett Maverick — the three leads of Farmer Wants a Wife Season 4 — stopped in Nashville to talk about series.
Cowboy hats, mustaches and not a single man under 6 feet, the three leads of “Farmer Wants a Wife” season 4 also had something else in common: They were all recruited on social media.
Sean Cavanaugh, Braden Pridemore and Brett Maverick met at The Twelve-Thirty Club in Nashville ahead of the season premiere to talk about the unlikely path that brought them there.
“I got a random message on Instagram and thought it was fake at first,” Pridemore said.
“I got an Instagram DM one day and I thought it was a scam at first,” Cavanaugh chimed in. “Then I was like, you know what? It sounds like a crazy opportunity. I might as well do it while I’m young.”
Each farmer comes from a different corner of the country. Cavanaugh, 22, is based in Solvang, California, where he works alongside his family on a produce farm. Pridemore, 26, hails from Homer, Illinois. He helps run a large-scale, multigenerational corn and soybean operation. Maverick, 35, is from Savannah, Tennessee where he manages a horse and cattle farm after building a career as both a bull rider and entrepreneur.
“Dating five women is not a great thing,” Maverick said. “There’s a lot of emotions to deal with, a lot of navigation to do. When you’re getting in the process of having to eliminate, you don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings.”
The Fox show was shot in Music City as well as a racetrack in Maryland. Producers promised there will be a brand-new twist this season.
For Cavanaugh, going from farm life to a room filled with women and cameras was a shocking transition.
“I walked in a barn filled with 27 girls and they’re all screaming as I’m walking in,” he said. “I’m like, this is crazy.”
Even with the chaos, all three said they focused on staying open and grounded while navigating unfamiliar territory. If their journeys had a soundtrack, Pridemore chose George Strait’s “Carried Away,” Cavanaugh picked Zach Bryan’s “Godspeed,” and Maverick pointed to Brooks & Dunn’s “Play Something Country.”
Host Kimberly Williams-Paisley said that mix of personalities is part of the show’s appeal.
“I love romance. I love people who are hoping for love,” she told The Tennessean, calling it “a really fun, and sometimes silly” job that can sometimes be a little bit heartbreaking. It’s an emotional rollercoaster.
“This could be the best season yet,” Pridemore teased.
“Farmer Wants a Wife” premieres April 21 on Fox at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT.
Bryan West is a music reporter at The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow him on Instagram, TikTok and X as @BryanWestTV.
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