Fergie had taken an indefinite break from her music career to focus on family and to recover from feeling “burnt out.”

The 41-year-old singer is now close to releasing her newest album, Double Dutchess, a follow-up to her 2006 solo album.

She explained to Paper magazine: “My husband and I wanted to start a family — it’s crazy going from city to city like that, and to be honest, I was really burnt out. It was like peeling back layers from an onion.”

Fergie also explained the realities of living a busy life as an artist and the everyday things she lacked access to.

“It was relearning how to live. I’m living with my husband for the first time as a couple, and all of a sudden I’m not living out of travel bags — that took a while, because it always felt like I was about to leave at any second. I was like, ‘No, I can actually have drawers that look like drawers.’ It’s such a weird thing to explain to people, but it was just my reality.”

The two have a three-year-old son together, and Fergie credited her husband for refueling her interest in music.

She shared: “My husband was really the one who encouraged me. He said, ‘It’s who you are, and I want to see you onstage again.'”

The star feels she’s managing everything nicely, from motherhood to being a working professional.

“The person I’ve worked so hard to become in my career, my destiny to be an entertainer, was matching up with my destiny to have a family and be a mom.”