Randy Travis's wife, Mary, told Fox News Digital doctors informed her to pull the plug after the country music star's stroke in 2013. Randy Travis' wife believes there was "never a doubt" in her husband's head that he would make it through his debilitating stroke, even though doctors advised her to "pull the plug." During an interview with Fox News Digital, Mary explained a crucial moment in Travis' two-and-a-half-year health battle that stood out to her, and that was the moment doctors told her to end her husband's life. "I think Randy, there was never a doubt in Randy's mind that he could make it through it. It was that magical moment that I went to his bedside when they said, 'We need to pull the plug. He's got too many things going against him at that point.' He had gotten a staph infection and three other hospital-born bacterial viruses like Serratia, Pseudomonas, one thing after another, and the doctors were just saying, 'He just doesn't have the strength to get through this,'" Mary said.

Randy Travis and his wife Mary spoke with Fox News Digital at the ACMs last week about the AI technology that helped recreate Travis' voice after he suffered a stroke and why they hope people can see the good in its usage. Randy Travis is leaning into artificial intelligence (AI) to continue to produce new music, over a decade after his near-fatal stroke. In 2013, Travis' stroke left him with aphasia – which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech. With the help of AI and country musician James Dupré, Travis was able to produce two new songs since his stroke, "Where That Came From" in 2024 and now his latest single, "Horses in Heaven." He has been on his "More Life Tour" since last spring and recently extended dates through fall 2025.