In 2014, when Garth Brooks made the decision to return to country music after leaving the industry for 14 years to raise his children, he found a remarkably different world than the one he’d known.
The singer-songwriter announced his retirement in 2000 when he was at the top of his game, having released mega-hits like “Friends in Low Places” and “The River” during the ’90s. After several years out of the spotlight spent taking care of his three daughters in his home state of Oklahoma, Brooks moved to Nashville after his youngest child made the decision to attend Belmont University in the city…