Country Star Colt Ford 'Died Twice' After Suffering Heart Attack

Country musician Colt Ford says he's lucky to be alive.

The Billboard country hit singer-songwriter known for such massive hits as ‘Dirt Road Anthem,’ and ‘Slow Ride’ spoke for the first time after suffering a massive heart attack just minutes after performing at Dierks Bentley's "Whiskey Row" in Phoenix, Arizona.

"I didn’t even remember coming out here to do a show in Phoenix, and apparently we played this great, sold-out show and it was incredible," Ford said during a phone interview with Big D & Bubba. "I walked back to the bus, texted my fiancée, ‘Hi baby,’ and fell over dead."

"I died two times. Luckily, my band came out to check on me," Ford said as he was rushed to a local Gilbert, Arizona hospital where he was listed in critical condition in the ICU.

DOCTORS GAVE HIM A 1% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL

After being stabilized, medical workers decided to move him to another hospital that could treat him better - however, Ford says that he "died on the way over" but luckily, medics "brought me back and saved my life." He woke up a week later. 

"The Lord had more for me to do, more music for me to make, hopefully more differences to make in some people's lives, an emotional and appreciative Ford continued before talking about the uphill battle he now faces.

"I had so much trauma to my body and my heart, they had to put three stents in. There's just so much going on, and then all of a sudden my gall bladder crapped out on me." Doctors were not hopeful for Ford's survival. "I wouldn't have given you 1%, I would have given you 0.1% that you would have survived," one of them told him.

NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE

"It's been life changing. It's been spiritually changing. Obviously, it's been physically changing. It's just been a crazy. … I'm not still a hundred percent out of the woods yet. I'm gonna have to learn how to be a little selfish for a while before I get myself better."

Understandably so. But Colt Ford said that he's not going to take his new shot at life for granted, and he's going to use this as further inspiration to help others.

"This changed my perspective and outlook on lots of things. Live every day like it's your last, because one day it will be, I'm gonna try to come back bigger and stronger and better than ever."