It seems everyone and their mother knows who Chip and Joanna Gaines are, but in the early days of "Fixer Upper," it was actually Abner's mother who turned the couple on to them. Abner shared with The List that one day, he and Amanda went to his mom's house. She made them coffee, and then told them to sit down and watch this new show she was obsessed with. "She literally grabbed my arm and forced me to sit down," Abner recalled.
His mom just knew that the two couples were meant to work together. "You're going to love this couple. They're so great. You're going to love them," Amanda recalled her mother-in-law saying of Chip and Jo. Abner's mom then flipped on "Fixer Upper" Season 1, and the rest is history.
As it turns out, Chip and Jo had already reached out to Abner and Amanda (before the sweet, but forceful sit-down with Abner's mom) about using their song "Home" in the show's opening credits. The musical duo hadn't given it much thought, but Abner's mom was adamant that they jump at the opportunity. "She was like, 'Do whatever they want. Do whatever they want,'" Amanda recalled of her mother-in-law's advice. Later, when the Magnolia Network finally came to fruition, the first people to get a call about an original show were Abner and Amanda.
