{"id":2268897,"date":"2026-02-06T00:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2268897"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:38:34","slug":"chris-janson-pens-new-song-easy-to-love-harder-to-hold-with-wife-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chris-janson-pens-new-song-easy-to-love-harder-to-hold-with-wife-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Janson Pens New Song &#8216;Easy to Love, Harder to Hold&#8217; with Wife Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading60775_341cc1-a3\">\u201cThis is exactly how I felt the moment I met my wife, Kelly,\u201d Janson explains. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/tag\/chris-janson\/\">Chris Janson <\/a>is back with a fiery new song, \u201cEasy to Love, Harder to Hold.\u201d The track perfectly captures the spirit of a fiercely independent woman who evokes the same kind of charm Janson fell for the moment he met his wife, Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Janson alongside his other half, Kelly, and Pat Bunch and co-produced by Janson with Michael Wayne Wilkes, the song depicts the kind of woman that he can\u2019t help but fall in love with, despite the fact that she\u2019s nearly impossible to keep in one place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Janson, Kelly Janson; Photo via Instagram <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Listeners are greeted with upbeat country-rock sound driven by electric guitars and a lively rhythm, giving it an infectious feel that matches the woman who lies at the center of the story. Janson leans into that energy with his raw, earnest voice that intertwines desire and determination with vulnerability and confidence.<\/p>\n<p>He sings, \u201cShe\u2019s outta sight, she\u2019s outta mind\/ She\u2019s livin\u2019 on her own time\/ She\u2019s always herself, anywhere she goes\/ When she gets bored, she\u2019s out the door\/ She\u2019s always wantin\u2019 a little more\/ Waitin\u2019 on the next best thing until it comes around.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Chris Janson; \u201cEasy to Love, Harder to Hold.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-103422 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-1024x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1-516x516.jpg 516w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Outfit-inspo-1080-x-1920-px-1200-x-1200-px-9-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Janson; \u201cEasy to Love, Harder to Hold.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Missouri native reveals this person is always chasing the next adventure, which has led her to be \u201csingle and successful.\u201d Even though she continues to slip through his fingers, he can\u2019t help but \u201cneed her a little more\u201d every time she\u2019s near.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe lights up a cigarette just to let it smoke\/ She thinks settlin\u2019 down and fallin\u2019 in love and stickin\u2019 around\u2019s a joke\/ She\u2019ll get in, but not too deep, she likes standin\u2019 on her own two feet\/ When God made her, He sure broke the mold\/ She\u2019s easy to love, and she\u2019s harder to hold,\u201d he continues on the chorus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEftBhO7XFI\" data-id=\"WEftBhO7XFI\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WEftBhO7XFI\/hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking to the song\u2019s personal connection to his real-life love story, Jansons shares, \u201c\u2019Easy to Love, Harder to Hold\u2019 is about a free and charismatic girl living her best life! This is exactly how I felt the moment I met my wife, Kelly. We actually wrote this together with the late Pat Bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as fans become familiar with the new track, Chris Janson is keeping the momentum going with his current radio hit, \u201cMe &amp; A Beer,\u201d The track has been slowly working its way up the charts and is nearing the Top 20 at Country radio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT3DkzOkUXV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Along with the chart success, he\u2019s currently in the midst of his Wild Horses Untamed Tour. The trek aims to bring his chart-topping hits and new music directly to fans across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He kickstarted the 2026 run in Tucson, AZ on January 22 and is gearing up for more dates across Florida, Montana, Tennessee, Connecticut and more. <\/p>\n<p>A full list of dates can be found on Chris Janson\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisjanson.com\/tour\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"pmdelayedscript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-minify=\"1\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '2335736946692711'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source countrynow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is exactly how I felt the moment I met my wife, Kelly,\u201d Janson explains. 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