Blake Shelton featured in Redbook’s “Hot Husbands” February issue

Oklahoma country music star and “The Voice” coach Blake Shelton is headlining the special “Hot Husbands” February issue of Redbook magazine, which hits newsstands Jan. 17.

Along with his candid interview, the issue also features relationship secrets from his wife, country superstar Miranda Lambert, according to a news release.

Quotes from Shelton’s interview, provided by Redbook, include:

“I think you’ve got to be confident and a little bit of a pushover” says Shelton about what makes a good husband. “Obviously, you’ve got to be a loyal person. I’m never going to listen to someone trash my wife. I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you’re going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.”

On being the lone country voice on a panel of pop stars:

I remember sitting in this room and everyone was talking and laughing. I felt a little like the black sheep. It wasn’t until [executive producer] Mark Burnett set up a dinner about three days into production, when it was just the four of us sitting down together, that we clicked. It forced us to move out of our comfort zones. All of a sudden I was having conversations with people I had only read about in tabloids, and they’re just normal people. And they know who I am, and that I [was] getting married to Miranda, and they know who she is. It was surreal.