American Idol judge Luke Bryan admitted he has had a difficult year – and revealed his plans to devote more time to his family.

The country heartthrob is juggling his busy career with raising his sons Bo, 15, and Tate, 12, with his wife Caroline.

In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the 46-year-old candidly confessed: ‘I’m not really balancing it that well this year.’

He revealed that he has told Caroline: ‘Baby, this is a rough year, let’s just get through it and then we’ll find a boat and go to the Caribbean or something.’

When his interviewer countered that ‘you always said that,’ Luke gamely chuckled and dished that Caroline gave him the same reply.

Priorities: American Idol judge Luke Bryan admitted he has had a difficult year – and revealed his plans to devote more time to his family

Father of two: The country heartthrob is juggling his chockablock career with the pressures of raising his sons Bo, 15, and Tate, 12, with his wife Caroline

Looking ahead: He revealed that he has told Caroline: ‘Baby, this is a rough year, let’s just get through it and then we’ll find a boat and go to the Caribbean or something’

What a season: Luke judges American Idol alongside Katy Perry, who has faced a deluge of blowback this past season, and Lionel Richie