Before Jason Aldean made “You Make It Easy” a smash hit in 2018, the song had already passed through the hands of its original writers—Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Jordan Schmidt, and none other than Morgan Wallen. For Wallen, the song wasn’t just another co-write; it was a window into the kind of love he admired and longed for, the kind of love that strips away complications and feels as natural as breathing.
The story of “You Make It Easy” begins in a writing room where simplicity was the goal. Wallen and the team wanted to capture the quiet beauty of unconditional love—not the fireworks, not the drama, but the kind of bond that makes everyday life lighter. They wrote about the steady, unwavering presence of someone who accepts you for who you are, who turns even the hardest days into something bearable. For Wallen, whose own life was full of the chaos of chasing a music career, the words carried the weight of longing for stability.
When Jason Aldean recorded the song, it quickly soared up the charts, touching couples across the world who recognized their own relationships in the lyrics. But for fans who later discovered Wallen’s early connection to the track, it became a testament to his gift as a songwriter. Even before he was filling arenas, Wallen was crafting songs that dug into the soul and gave people words for feelings they struggled to express.
What makes “You Make It Easy” so moving is its honesty. It doesn’t dress love up in metaphors or grand gestures. Instead, it celebrates the small, everyday ways that love shows up—a hand to hold, a voice that steadies, a presence that softens the sharp edges of life. It’s a song for anyone who has ever looked at their partner in a quiet moment and thought, “Thank God for you.”
For Morgan, the song also marked an important step in his journey as an artist. Even though his own version never became the hit, his fingerprints are forever on it, a reminder that his storytelling reaches beyond his own albums. Through “You Make It Easy,” Morgan Wallen helped give the world one of the most heartfelt country love songs of the last decade—proof that sometimes the simplest truths are the ones that last forever.
