Cody Johnson is all for country and Christian music continuing to share the same space. The 38-year-old artist hailing from Texas has never shied away from his relationship with God. He’s had all kinds of success, and yet he remains grounded and connected to the things that matter the most to him: his family and his faith. Sure, his albums are going to deliver hard-hitting country songs… but they almost always include a Gospel track too. One of his biggest hits that’s viewed by some fans as a Christian song is “Til’ You Can’t.” Though it doesn’t directly mention faith (Kid Rock’s version of the song does), the existential theme of the Lord calling people home gets some people thinking about their relationship with God. While speaking with Backstage Country, CoJo said that “Til’ You Can’t” is a truly special and powerful song: “I’ve had a young lady come up to me and tell me that she didn’t commit suicide because of this song. I’ve had a couple say that they were going to get divorced until they heard this song. I’ve had people say, you know, I haven’t spoken to this person in a decade until I heard this song… Now it’s like the pillar in the set. People wait all night long just to say, ‘When is he going to sing this song?’ And it’s so cool to watch their reactions when you start the song. I was definitely blessed with this one. That’s for sure.” As to whether or not that specific track is a Christian song or a country song, Johnson believes that it can fit into any box that it really need to. In fact, the country star went on to say that there are plenty of genres that have country music as the overarching umbrella. “I think that country music and Christian music and then country music and R&B and rock music and Rockabilly and Bluegrass… they are all kind of cousins of this thing called country music.” Great way of thinking about it. In the modern era of country music, there’s always a lot of debate about what’s country and what’s not. Cody Johnson is here to say… why does that really matter? Plenty of artists blur genre lines, but when it specifically comes to Christian music, that specifically is more about subject matter than it is the sound. That’s why there is Christian pop music, Christian rock music, and Christian hip hop… why can’t there be country worship music too? Of course, plenty of country music artists share their faith through their music, and many got their first taste of performing in church when they were young. So country music and Christian music might be a little more than cousins… they share deep roots. And CoJo has plenty of other songs that are, without a doubt, Christian. Fans are often asking CoJo to put out a full-fledged Gospel record because he’s always sprinkled in a faith-based song here and there in his albums. Johnson has never dedicated an entire album to gospel, but it certainly feels like that could be coming at some point though. If CoJo ever does, he just might rework “Til’ You Can’t” (or even just adopt the Kid Rock version) and include it in a collection of his other Christian songs that help lift up the Lord. “Til’ You Can’t” by Cody Johnson “Til’ You Can’t” by Kid Rock The post Cody Johnson Perfectly Explains the Deep Connection Between Country & Christian Music first appeared on Whiskey Riff.