Kristian Bush on Jennifer Nettles Maternity Leave: ‘We Haven’t Set An End Date’

Kristian Bush on Jennifer Nettles Maternity Leave: ‘We Haven’t Set An End Date’

It’s been quite a while since fans have heard new music from Sugarland. The duo released their fourth studio album in the fall of 2010 and since then, things have been pretty quiet on the music and touring front for the band. Fans are beginning to wonder how long the hiatus will last.

Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, who recently released a solo single entitled “Love or Money,” opened up about the subject in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. He revealed that his partner, Jennifer Nettles, is on somewhat of an extended maternity leave (she welcomed her first child into the world last December).

“Jennifer wants to be a mom and experience that, and I totally understand because I have two kids and raised them through all this. I think you have to trust mothers on that kind of stuff,” Bush said. “In my experience, they sometimes want more time and sometimes get antsy that they want to get back to work. There’s an identity thing that goes on where you spend so much time caring for your child that after a year or so you have to shake it off and go ‘Who am I?’ [Either way] I am nothing but supportive of that experience for her or anybody else.”

As for the duo’s return, Bush told THR that they haven’t set a date for a reunion.

“We haven’t talked about an end date. We decided not to write anything for the next record until the other side of the baby, which seems like a good choice, because she’s going to see world differently after the baby than before.”

Until then, Bush is going to concentrate on his solo career. “Love or Money” was released in Europe already and it’s getting a great response. The singer hopes to bring his new music to the U.S. soon.

“First of all, [Universal Nashville head] Mike [Dungan]’s got a bunch on his plate because he’s got four labels now. I don’t know how quick they’ll be interested in it. But don’t think I won’t ask the question,” he explained. “It’s hard not to go back and look at my songwriting catalog and go, look, there are 600 to 700 songs here. There are 50 just from this year, and we’re barely into April.”

Bush is open to more solo opportunities too. “If a record becomes part of this, absolutely, without blinking, I would tour it,” he said.

Take a listen to “Love or Money” below…