It was an lovable household affair for Brandi Carlile on the 2023 Grammy Awards! For this 12 months’s award present — honoring a number of the greatest in music up to now 12 months — the award show had family members introduce those that had been performing that evening to provide the present a extra private really feel.
In one of many sweetest moments, Brandi Carlile’s spouse and children launched the singer earlier than her chill-inducing efficiency of her hit music, “Damaged Horses.”
Catherine Shepherd and the couple’s two daughters — Evangeline, 8, and Elijah, 4 — stood on a small facet stage and mirrored on simply how particular and necessary folks rock singer is to their life.
“Tens of millions of viewers watching tonight fell in love with this subsequent performer 4 years in the past when she took the Grammys stage for the primary time and delivered one of the crucial iconic performances in Grammy historical past,” Shepherd shared, referring to Carlile’s electrifying efficiency of her music “The Joke”.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to marry her greater than a decade in the past, so I used to be approach forward of you,” Catherine joked. Carlile and Shepherd have been married since 2012.
She went on to gush over her spouse, whereas the couple’s lovable daughters stood by with smiles on their faces.
“It means the world to me to face right here tonight with our stunning daughters by my facet and introduce, in our humble opinion, one of many biggest, most genuine artists and human beings on the planet,” Carlile’s spouse mentioned to the gang.
“Right here to rock our faces off with ‘Damaged Horses,’ from the Grammy-nominated album In These Silent Days, my spouse and their momma, Brandi Carlile!” Catherine concluded together with her daughters becoming a member of in on the mic to shot their mother’s title.
Earlier than she went on to carry out, Carlile had already received two Grammy awards for “Damaged Horses”: greatest rock efficiency and greatest rock music.
Beginning a household wasn’t straightforward for Carlile and Shepherd. The couple used IVF treatments to get pregnant, harvesting Carlile’s eggs for Shepherd to hold.
Carlile informed PEOPLE that she struggled at first when it got here to who was going to hold the newborn.
“I am hoping individuals see via my story that there isn’t any proper or fallacious strategy to evolve right into a parenting function in both heterosexual or same-sex relationships,” she mentioned on the time.
“There are totally different, difficult dynamics, and there are various methods to really feel. The extra we discuss it and normalize it, the better it’s to know that your parenting journey is customized. It truly is your personal.”
Now that the youngsters are older, Carlile admitted that she has extra to fret about than ever.
“I hesitate to say issues like, ‘All of us fear on a regular basis — that’s what mothers do,’” she mentioned. “As a result of some mothers are like, ‘Oh, am I s—ty as a result of I do not fear?’ However no, I fear on a regular basis that I’m doing it fallacious or that I’m depriving them of one thing or that they are getting an excessive amount of or that they will not have the life expertise that I’ve as a result of they don’t seem to be poor or as a result of they’ve solely ever lived in a single home or as a result of they do not perceive that issues are exhausting on this planet. We do not know methods to inform them that but.”
Congrats to Carlile on her properly deserved Grammy awards!
