Brandi Johnson Is Cody Johnson's Wife and Main Support on His Path to Success

Country singer and songwriter Cody Johnson attributes his success to his beautiful wife Brandi Johnson's support and encouragement.

Country star and winner of two CMA Awards in 2022, Cody Johnson, has revealed that he owes it all to his wife, Brandi Johnson -- his happiness, success, and career as a singer/songwriter.

Cody Johnson's family is everything to him, and Brandi and their daughters are the centers of his world. Learn more about the man who loves music but lives for his family.

Cody Johnson was born in Huntsville, Texas, on May 21, 1987. He started learning to play music and performing with his father at their local church at 12. After high school, Cody dabbled in bull riding, played music, and worked as a corrections officer.

In 2006, he self-released his first album, "Black and White Label," and over the next ten years, he recorded five more. He toured and opened for Miranda Lambert, slowly building a following.

His sixth independent album, "Gotta Be Me," launched his career into the stratosphere when it debuted at #2 on Billboard's Country Albums and landed him a recording contract with Warner Music Nashville in 2019.

Since then, Cody has released two albums with Warner and won two CMA Awards -- 2022 Single of the Year and the 2022 Music Video of the Year. His acceptance speech was a tribute to one woman: his wife, Brandi Johnson.

Cody Johnson Once Said He Owes Everything to His Wife Brandi

Brandi first saw Cody Johnson performing on stage when she was 14, but she would only meet him four years later. Cody spotted Brandi on the dancefloor of a bar in Huntsville and asked for her number.

Brandi has impacted Cody's career in more ways than one.

Within a month, they were living together. Cody was 21, and she was 18, but they knew it was the real thing. A year later, they were engaged, and shortly after, they were married.

In 2006, Brandi asked Cody to quit his prison job and start performing full-time. Brandi left college and started working two jobs to allow him the freedom to pursue his musical career. Cody said:

"I pretty much owe everything I have to her. I pray daily, 'Thank you for this woman.' She gave me a reason to not be a danger to myself."

Brandi Johnson Was behind Her Husband’s ‘On My Way to You’ Music Video

Brandi has impacted Cody's career in more ways than one. Besides being the inspiration behind the song "On My Way to You," which is about finding a soulmate, Brandi was the creative force behind the video. Cody revealed:

"For the video, I actually let my beautiful wife Brandi make all those decisions. She had a great vision on the look, the feel, the producer, etc. She did a great job!"

Cody and Brandi Johnson Raise Two Daughters Who Already Try to Imitate Their Talented Father

Cody and Brandi Johnson share two daughters, Clara Mae and Cori, born in 2015 and 2017 respectively. Cody refuses to leave his family behind, and Brandi and the girls go on tour with him. Cody explained:

"It’s not that I want them to know what I do or that I think I’m a star or anything like that, but I want those girls to know that I am a good man to their mama and y’all because I am going out there and providing.”

Mostly, it's about keeping the family together, and in order to do so, the Cody and Brandi Johnsons are homeschooling their girls.

The two girls seem to have a taste for music and are already imitating their dad's performances. Cody revealed: He said, laughing:

“They get in the living room in their little bouncy house and get their microphones and play their little guitars and scream at the top of their lungs, ‘Daddy, I’m like you,’ And I’m going, ‘Oh God, I’ve ruined them.”

Cody isn't adverse to his daughters following in his footsteps, but he wants them to have their own dreams, to go to college. If they decide they want to sing, then he and Brandi will be 100% supportive.