The country singer said that she loves being back in Tennessee with her husband of 45-years, Carl Dean, because she can be a 'housewife' and cook up some good 'old Southern soul food' using family recipes.
The 65-year-old, who is one of 12 children, told Hello! magazine, 'I'm like a housewife. I grew up doing the cooking, as mum was always pregnant.
'I learnt from my grandma and aunts, so most of my cooking is old Southern soul food. I'm not a gourmet cook - it's not pretty, but it tastes good. Everyone loves my chicken and dumplings.'
And she believes that the key to her successful marriage is the fact that they don't get to see each other very often.
'We hardly see each other so we don't have time to fight. We're good friends,' she explained. 'We're different but we get along good. We are like any other couple at home - I do the cooking, he takes out the trash. He's always painting or fixing something up around the house.'