Keith Urban<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u2019s newest project is shining a light on his reality away from the stage.<\/p>\n In a sneak peek of the series premiere of The Road<\/i>, the country singer shared a glimpse into his life on tour before news of his split<\/span><\/a> from Nicole Kidman<\/span><\/a><\/strong> broke.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere do we start? It’s a calling, and you’re going to do it or you’re not going to make it,\u201d Urban, 57, explained, via the Daily Mail<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWhen you wake up on a tour bus at 3:30 in the morning and you’re sick as a dog, you’re in the middle of nowhere and you’ve got to play your fifth show later that night, and you haven’t slept, and you miss your friends, and you’re missing your family, and you’re completely lonely and miserable and sick \u2014 and you say to yourself, ‘Why am I doing this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n As for what keeps Urban going? It all boils down to a passion that can\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n Meet the Musicians Competing as Opening Acts for Keith Urban in Taylor Sheridan\u2019s \u2018The Road\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe only answer can be: because this is what I’m born to do,\u201d he shared before introducing the CBS show\u2019s contestants. \u201cWe’re going to find out who’s made for that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n The Road <\/i>is CBS\u2019 new music competition series that follows 12 emerging musicians<\/span><\/a> as they compete to become opening acts for Urban at music venues across America.<\/p>\n Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Blake Shelton<\/span> Connie Chornuk\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWithout a shiny floor in sight, the docu-follow format captures the high-stakes unfiltered musical journeys of these triple threats \u2014 singers, songwriters and instrumentalists \u2014 offering a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring musician,\u201d reads the official synopsis for the series. \u201cWith exclusive access to behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best emerging musicians pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n The show was filmed months before news broke that Urban and Kidman, 58, were splitting after 19 years of marriage.<\/p>\n Us Weekly <\/i>confirmed in September that the \u201cSomebody Like You\u201d singer and Big Little Lies<\/i><\/a> actress had separated. Soon after, Kidman filed for divorce<\/span><\/a> from her husband, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had been quietly separated for a while now but needed time to figure out if they were going to actually divorce,\u201d a well-connected Nashville source exclusively shared with Us<\/i><\/span><\/a>. \u201cShe had faith they could work it out.\u201d<\/p>\n Keith Urban<\/span> Lauren “Lo” Smith\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n Behind the scenes, the insider explained that both parties had been spending \u201ca lot of time apart due to work commitments\u201d and had been living \u201cseparate lives.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey are moving in two different directions, and their worlds are not overlapping as much as they once did,\u201d the source shared. \u201cThe distance between them had grown more obvious recently.\u201d<\/p>\n Relationships aside, Urban said he had a blast filming The Road<\/i>, which was created by Blake Shelton<\/strong> and Yellowstone<\/i><\/a> cocreator Taylor Sheridan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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