Turning 50 Is Good Time For Alan Jackson

3/17/2008 Staff In an exclusive interview with Nashville’s daily newspaper The Tennessean, Alan Jackson reflected on being a middle-age country music star.  Alan turns 50 October 17th.  According to the article, when Carrie Underwood toured with Alan Jackson, she told him, "You were my first concert when I was 5," which made him feel old. Jackson said it's "pretty strange" to be middle age in country music. "The funny thing is, when I would meet somebody who was older, they'd say, 'I don't feel that old.' I don't. I feel just like I did when I started. I'm older, and I can't read up close as good as I used to, but I still feel like the same young guy who was making records back in the early '90s. "I turn 50 this year and I'm fine with it. I don't try to hide my age or anything. I feel like I'm lucky to have lived this long, considering some of the years I've been through," he said with a laugh. Alan’s latest release, Good Time, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 and country albums charts, his fourth release to do so. Reflecting further on his life these days, Alan told The Tennessean, "It's a wonderful time."  "Denise and I, of course, are happier than we've ever been, and our children are all healthy and happy. It's a fairy tale, it really is." "It's pretty much on cruise control other than when we make a new album, trying to come up with new material and recording. Other than that, I go out and play a few dates," he said. "I'll be honest with you, after all these years, I don't like going out and sitting on that bus. I have to leave the house at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon and fly to Idaho or something and my kids are out there cooking out on the grill and they'll have a nice evening there. It's hard to leave Nashville and go do that because that is where I want to be."