The country star credits this slot as one of the biggest turning points in his career.

And luckily, he and Keith managed to find some time to play while working.

“We had stupid fun on the Toby tour,” Shelton told the Philadelphia radio station.

Toby Keith and Blake Shelton smiling

“There’s no limit when you’re on a tour like that.

Nobody ever said no to anything which was new to me.

We both had our own basketball teams and played basketball close to every day of the tour.”

Left: Young Toby Keith performing, Right: Young Blake Shelton performing

Unsurprisingly, this resulted in more than a few friendly digs at one another over the years.

And I said, ‘No.’

Razzing aside, it’s clear that Keith and Shelton greatly respected and loved one another.

Toby Keith smiling and playing guitar, Blake Shelton smiling at Keith playing guitar