Brantley Gilbert

"I think all of us can relate to having the one that got away," Gilbert explains. "For me, that was my wife."

Gilbert says he wrote and re-wrote his new album so many times that he didn't even need a lyrics sheet while he was recording it.

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It's a real change of pace for the tough-guy singer.

Some of its biggest stars -- yes, even the ones who sing drinking songs -- are sober.

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Gilbert paired up with rock band Five Finger Death Punch, Brian May of Queen, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to record a new version of the tune.