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Keith Urban<\/strong> is opening up about the darker side of life on the road \u2014 and his words carry extra weight in the wake of his recent split from Nicole Kidman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In a preview of his new CBS and Paramount+ competition series The Road<\/em>, the 57-year-old country star reflected on the toll touring can take, according to The Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWhere do we start? It\u2019s a calling, and you\u2019re going to do it or you\u2019re not going to make it,\u201d Urban says in the episode, which is set to air on Sunday, October 19.<\/p>\n Though he describes music as his life\u2019s purpose, the demands can be crushing. \u201cWhen you wake up on a tour bus at 3:30 in the morning and you\u2019re sick as a dog, you\u2019re in the middle of nowhere and you\u2019ve got to play your fifth show later that night\u2026 and you miss your friends, and you\u2019re missing your family, and you\u2019re completely lonely and miserable and sick \u2014 and you say to yourself, \u2018Why am I doing this?\u2019\u201d His answer: \u201cBecause this is what I\u2019m born to do.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Why Keith Urban’s Guitarist Maggie Baugh Won’t Be At His Nashville Show<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The candid admission comes just weeks after it was confirmed that Urban and Kidman had quietly separated following 19 years of marriage. TMZ later reported that Urban had moved out of their home while Kidman, 58, remained with daughters Sunday Rose<\/a>, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.<\/p>\n Amid the headlines, speculation swirled that Urban had grown close to his longtime guitarist Maggie Baugh<\/strong>, though those rumors have been shut down. Baugh herself will also be absent from his upcoming Nashville homecoming concert on Friday, October 17. The 25-year-old, who\u2019s become a fan favorite on Urban\u2019s High and Alive Tour<\/em>, will be performing her own solo show in Carmel, Indiana, that same night. Two days prior, she\u2019s slated to take the stage at the Grand Ole Opry \u2014 another major milestone in her rising solo career. Urban\u2019s band will feature a stand-in guitarist for the night.<\/p>\n As for Kidman, she made her first social media appearance<\/a> since filing for divorce last week, attending Chanel\u2019s Paris Fashion Week show alongside her daughters and sharing it on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cThank you @chanelofficial for having me and my girls \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d Kidman wrote on Instagram, sharing a carousel of photos that showed her laughing with Vanessa Paradis<\/strong> and director Baz Luhrmann.<\/strong><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Oct 14, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n