“It’s too good a horse to ride it into the ground,” Brooks explained.
As he was also quick to note, “We’re still good friends.
I’m proud to say we’ve never had a fight, never even yelled at each other.

And that’s the truth.”
Dunn agreed, revealing, “We started as co-workers and realized we had whole lot in common.
We’ve ended up more like brothers.”

“We’re like, ‘We don’t wanna do this.
We don’t know each other.
I mean, this is just silly,'” he recalled (viaTaste of Country.

Still, they insist rumors about them full-on hating each other are wildly exaggerated.
There have always been opinions."
The collaboration debuted at No.
1, as perTaste of Country.
As Brooks toldRolling Stone, “Certainly Ronnie and I always considered ourselves brothers more than friends.
We’ve never been afraid to express our differences of opinions to each other.”
Dunn agreed, confirming, “There’s never been hate or discord.
We’ve never not been friends.”