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But still, the singer stresses that love isn't easy and fairy tale-esque all the time.

\"Love is not talking for a day. Love is getting in each other's face. Love is accepting that I'm wrong,\" he told Esquire. \"Love is a 360-degree thing. It's not linear.\"

Elsewhere in the interview, McGraw reflected on more things that he's learned from his long marriage to his wife, from little things like the right way to set a table to big, heavy things like the inevitability of fighting in front of your children, no matter how much you try not to.

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