Miranda Lambert’s husband, a former NYPD officer, co-wrote one of her songs: ‘He was actually pretty good’

Miranda Lambert’s husband, Brendan McLoughlin, can now add songwriter to his resume.

McLoughlin is credited as a co-writer on Lambert's new song “Dammit Randy” from her 10th studio album, "Postcards from Texas," which was released Sept. 13.

During an interview on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, Lambert revealed the story behind her husband's role on her album, and she said it all started in 2020 when they had some extra time on their hands.

"We started writing in 2020, when we were home, like for fun, and he was actually pretty good. He's a retired NYPD officer. I was like, 'You're pretty good, actually,'" she recalled. "So then we were writing for this record, and he's dabbled a little bit in it, just with me — for fun."

Lambert explained that it helped making music with McLoughlin because he understood everything that she was going through at the time. She said she got out of a long record deal and had "a whole new team" with Republic Records and would also work with Nashville's Big Loud.

"I just felt really excited that I was with a team that led with art," she said. "So I had been, sort of, griping to my husband about the end of that relationship that wasn't serving me anymore. So who better to write a song like that with you than the person that you talk to about it every day? But he was watching football, and I was like, 'You don't get to do both.'"

"And he chose you," Jenna Bush Hager said.

"That's true love," Lambert replied.

Read on to learn more about Miranda Lambert's husband, Brendan McLoughlin.

Brendan McLoughlin is a former police officer

Before McLoughlin met Lambert, he worked as a police officer in New York. The X account of the Midtown South Precinct once shared a photo of McLoughlin in uniform as he posed next to a police dog.

"Officer McLoughlin with Kybo at today’s doggy diving event," the caption read.

However, in 2019, after he got married to Lambert, McLoughlin took a leave of absence from the NYPD, People reported at the time. Then, in 2020, it was revealed that he officially retired from the force.

“His current duty status is retired,” an NYPD DCPI spokesperson told People in a statement.

Brendan McLoughlin met Miranda Lambert in 2018

In a 2019 interview with The New York Times, Lambert shared she initially met McLoughlin in 2018 when she was doing press on a morning show to promote her work with her country music group Pistol Annies.

"My husband was doing security there for the show. My girlfriends, the Annies, saw him and knew I might be ready to hang out with someone," she said. "They invited him to our show behind my back. They plucked him for me."

"My security guy Tom, he was in on it too. He said to me, 'He’s here. And he’s pretty,'" she laughed.

Brendan McLoughlin loves to cook

McLoughlin revealed he loves to make his own meals in a joint interview he did with Lambert at the 2024 MTV VMAs.

When asked what he plans to do on his birthday, McLoughlin told E! News: "I'm probably going to cook, honestly."

He noted that being in the kitchen makes him "happy," and he'll probably strive to make an Italian dish on his birthday.

"That's home for me," he said of loving Italian food.

Brendan McLoughlin proposed to Miranda Lambert in a very 'direct' way

In a Sept. 12 interview with Taste of Country, Lambert recalled how McLoughlin proposed to her and how he did it in a very "direct" way.

"He just said, 'Want to get married?' And I was like, 'All right,'" she explained. "It was pretty simple. He's from New York. They're very direct, and I had already been married, so I was like, 'Well, let's give it a whirl. It'll be fun!' And we're five years in. We're killing it!"

Lambert first shared the news about tying the knot in February 2019 in a post on social media.

"In honor of Valentine’s Day. I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life. And we got hitched!" She wrote at the time on X. "My heart is full. Thank you Brendan Mcloughlin for loving me for.... me. #theone."

Brendan McLoughlin is a dad of one

McLoughlin has a young son from a previous relationship. In a 2019 interview with "Extra," Lambert spoke about her stepson and called him "amazing."

She also talked about her life as a newlywed and said she has "the best of both worlds" as a stepmom and a pet owner.

“We spend time in New York, we get to see our adorable nugget, then we get to come back to the farm and have the quiet life. I’m enjoying the balance," she said.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com