Thomas Rhett’s latest song, “Slow Down Summer,” is all about young summer love, and wishing time would slow down so the summer romance wouldn’t inevitably end. Thomas grew up with his now wife, Lauren, so some of his fondest and not so fond memories of young love are with her, including their first kiss. During an interview with some of his songwriter buddies, Thomas revealed, “First kiss (with Lauren) was 15 on my parents’ trampoline, and we literally clanked teeth.”

Thomas’ songwriting and producer buddy Jesse Frasure joked that trying to share a first kiss on a trampoline was pretty ambitious. Thomas agreed and asked, “Have you ever clanked teeth? It’s horrible. I mean, there is no recovering from that. But somehow, someway it did.”

While it took a few years for the stars to align for Thomas and Lauren to get back together and eventually marry, they’ve now been married for nine years and have four kids, so it’s safe to say they definitely recovered from their not-so-great first kiss.