Jake Owen is not only climbing the charts these days with his new hit, “Real Life,” he’s also spending the summer on the road with Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour. And whenever his real life can include hitting the road with Kenny, Jake says that’s a very cool thing. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• The first single from Jake’s upcoming album, “Real Life” is available now on Apple Music!
• Be sure to tune-in for Jake as he joins Cody Alan as co-host for a special episode of this weekend’s CMT Hot 20 Countdown, broadcasting from a pontoon boat on Nashville’s Cumberland River! Word is that Jake will be doing a little wake-surfing as part of the fun! Catch the episode premiere this Saturday, July 18th, at 9am, ET, re-airing at the same time this Sunday on CMT.

Jake Owen talks about being on the road with Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour.

  Jake Owen (:30)
“Oh, the tour’s goin’ great. It’s a lot of fun. Me bein’ out with Kenny is always a lot of fun. I’ve been out with him many times before. I’m at a little different place in my life now than I was the previous times I was out on tour with him, livin’ a single bachelor lifestyle, which tends to lend itself towards different scenarios (laughs) than it does now, but anytime you can have an opportunity to go out on the road with somebody that literally will go down in country music history as like a legend and someone that has built a career so large that it’s only something you can dream of attaining, is an amazing opportunity.”

  Jake Owen (:12)
“I’ll gladly go out and tour the country with Kenny anytime, man. Plus, you know, he’s got a jet. (laughs) So…I don’t. (laughs) So, I…you know, every now and then I get a ride home, and I get home a little quicker than my bus.”

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  Jake Owen (:26)
“Anytime you can have an opportunity to go out on the road with somebody that literally will go down in country music history as like a legend and someone that has built a career so large that it’s only something you can dream of attaining, is an amazing opportunity, so I’ll gladly go out and tour the country with Kenny anytime, man. Plus, you know, he’s got a jet. (laughs) So…I don’t. (laughs) So, I…you know, every now and then I get a ride home, and I get home a little quicker than my bus.”

Jake joins CMT’s Cody Alan (pictured left) as co-host of this weekend’s CMT Hot 20 Countdown. Photo courtesy of CMT.