Country Star Miranda Lambert Wants Husband Brendan McLoughlin To Step Up And Get Back On The Grind

Country singer Miranda Lambert’s former-cop husband, Brendan McLoughlin, has turned into a couch potato — and sources say she’s ordering him to get up and find a job.

“Miranda is tired of Brendan lying around the house like he’s on permanent vacation. She’s told him it’s time to go to work and earn his keep,” says a source.

Brendan, 33, was walking a beat in the Big Apple and working security when the two hooked up during her performance on Good Morning America. The unlikely lovebirds wed just seven weeks later.

But six years into their marriage, Brendan seems content to live off his 41-year-old wife, a source tells The National ENQUIRER.

“Brendan has appeared in Miranda’s music videos, he’s looked into taking acting classes, and he’s dabbled in working security for her,” says the source.

“But really, he doesn’t do much of anything and just being Miranda’s arm candy is wearing thin for her.”

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As for Miranda, their union is a case of “be careful what you wish for,” insiders say.

After her four-year marriage to country star Blake Shelton imploded in 2015, the “Mama’s Broken Heart” singer dated singers Anderson East and Evan Felker.

“Miranda thought she needed a new game plan in her life,” the source says. “She didn’t want to be in a relationship with competing careers. She wanted a guy who would be available to be with her all the time, and Brendan fit the bill.”

“Brendan needed time to decompress from being a New Yorker to living in the country on Miranda’s farm in Tennessee, but he’s fully embraced it now.”

“Miranda thought it was cute at first, but she’s on him to find his own path and his own career. She feels his motivation is sorely lacking at this point.”

“If she can’t light a fire under him soon, you fear it’s going to send their marriage spiraling.”