Cover star Lainey Wilson answers our rapid-fire questionnaire.
Award-winning country artist Lainey Wilson graces the cover of our October 2024 issue and answers some of our burning questions. Check out Wilson’s go-to off-stage outfit, favorite old school country song, and more.
C&I: Favorite outfit you’ve worn to an event?
Lainey Wilson: The Balmain I got to wear to the Grammys this year.
C&I: Go-to outfit off-stage?
Wilson: Wranglers and a T-shirt.
C&I: What you listen to in the car?
Wilson: Either devotionals or my Pause app, because that’s the only time in the day when I’m by myself. Or maybe I’ll catch up on some new-release music.
C&I: You can only listen to one classic country song for the rest of your life ...
Wilson: ‘When You Say Nothing at All,’ by Keith Whitley.
C&I: The women you admire most?
Wilson: My mama, my sister, my grandma, my aunts, and my manager, who is my best friend.
C&I: Favorite place out West?
Wilson: I would love to go back to Jackson Hole. We camped out one night and we hiked around Jenny Lake. That was probably the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
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PHOTOGRAPHY: Erick Frost, Eric Ryan Anderson
From our October 2024 issue.