The DeMarcus Family is ready to let fans into their home for an inside look at their lives like never before.
Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus and wife Allison are gearing up for the premiere of their new Netflix reality series, DeMarcus Family Rules, and admit to PEOPLE they had reservations about making their lives so public.
"We were trepidatious about it at first and it's no small undertaking to have cameras around all the time. I probably needed a little more convincing than Alison did since she always wants to steal all the camera time anyway," Jay jokes.
"He's so full of it! I think we went through phases at different times where Jay felt better about it than I did, and then I felt better about it than he did," says Allison. "Fortunately it was always a different time, so we never completely tapped out."
Their key to their successful marriage? "Separate houses," Jay jokes. "I've got to be honest, the second year we were married, we started seeing a marriage coach, not because we had these huge problems that were insurmountable, but because we needed help."
"We've joked about the fact that I can communicate pretty well and Allie holds a lot of things inside, so we needed some help on communicating and living our lives together and sharing our lives together. And it's been a wonderful thing for us because there's no textbook, there's no handbook on how to share your life with someone and how to spend your life with someone," he continues. "So it's really great for us to periodically check in with someone that helps us find different ways to keep connect with each other, to talk about the issues that we have, to talk about life, to share our feelings with each other. It seems like such a simple thing, but as life unfolds and you have kids and you start living life together, it's a little more difficult than what you think. It's a wonderful thing to admit that you need help and to go seek it when you do."
"We've just always approached it as we're going to figure it out. It's not always going to be pretty, but we'll figure it out because we're going to see this through for our relationship and for our children, and be healthy about it. Not just exist just for the sake of existing, "adds Allison.
"I mean, anybody who says they have an easy, perfect marriage is completely lying. 'I love being his wife.' Okay, but what really pisses you off? Although Jay thinks everybody would believe it if I said it," she laughs.
Rascal Flatts recently marked 20 years since the release of their debut album, and Jay says younger him would be shocked by the life he leads now.
"I think he would be very, very surprised that he would have married such a wonderful, wonderful woman and had the kids that he would have," he says. "And I think he would be proud of what he has done, but I think that what has happened to us over 20 years is far more than that Jay would have ever imagined."
As for whether or not his Rascal Flatts' bandmembers will tune into the series, Jay isn't counting on it. "I'm excited for the guys to see it, but they're probably going, 'Oh God, we've seen enough of him for 20 years.'"
DeMarcus Family Rules is now streaming on Netflix.
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