Since they first connected at the LakeShake music festival, Miranda Lambert has served as a mentor to Ashley McBryde, paving the way for their professional connection and long-lasting friendship. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lambert opened up about how she wished she'd had a guiding female figure during the early days of her career. "I didn't really have a female mentor of any kind, so I wish I'd had somebody like me, I guess," she said (per Yahoo!).

In this way, Lambert has become the mentor she never had to fellow female artists like Ashley McBryde. The "One Night Standards" singer opened up about this element of her relationship with her fellow musician, explaining that Lambert helped her adjust to her newfound fame when she first reached stardom. "I could ask her anything, and she had no trouble giving me advice. Things about safety, and what things to look for on social media, and things to stay away from," she told PopCulture. "She's really been a guiding light for me."