Rimes: 'Country music has double standards'

LeAnn Rimes has revealed that she believes there is a double standard in the country music industry.

In an interview with the Great American Country radio station, the musician stated that if she were a man, her extramarital affair with Eddie Cibrian would not have received such scrutiny.

"[Country music] has such a double standard," Rimes said. "You know, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash and all these guys. God knows what they did back in the day. And if a woman did it, you never were accepted or forgiven. But if it was a guy, it was just their life."

She continued: "It's quite interesting to have to navigate those waters as a woman in this business."

The country singer recently married Cibrian in a small ceremony in California.

The couple began their relationship while shooting a television movie in 2009. Rimes and Cibrian announced their engagement in December of last year.

The 28-year-old recently revealed that she has learned from her affair, stating that she admits that she made a mistake in starting her relationship with Cibrian while they were both married.