Miranda Lambert Marriage Advice: Songstress Reveals Relationship Rules

While marriage is hard no matter who you are, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton definitely don't have it easy, with the "Sure Be Cool If You Did" singer spending most of their first year of marriage in Los Angeles working on "The Voice" and his bride touring the country on her Revolution and On Fire tours. This past fall, she admitted that since their May 2011 wedding, they'd only spent five months together. "We didn't even have all our clothes at the same house," she told Good Housekeeping. "After our anniversary came, it was like, 'All right, now we can start married life.'" So how do they make it work? Miranda shares with E! her three rules for spicing up a relationship.

1. Communicate: "If you can't jump on the phone to chat with your significant other, keep up the texting." However, the "Mama's Broken Heart" singer isn't shy to end a text conversation when she knows her cowboy has been drinking. "We know when it's slur text," she told iHeartRadio. "He's slurring in his texts, we're done. [laughs]"

2. Make time: "Make time for him at least once a week." Her husband has cited this as being the key to their relationship, telling Lancaster, Pa., radio station WIOV, "If she has time off and I'm not home, she'll come out and find me on the road ... that probably saves our relationship as much as anything."

3. Show some puppy love: "I'm a passionate dog lover. Don't forget your four-legged friends need unconditional love too!" While the pair isn't ready for their own little ones ... yet, Blake is satisfied with their furry babies, admitting to In Touch, "If Miranda's as good with a human being as she is with dogs, the kid's going to be golden!"

Although, we'd bet the couple keep their marriage strong with a few more tactics as well:

1. Randaritas: Blake isn't shy about his affinity for booze, and neither is his missus, who created her signature drink that combines Bacardi, raspberry lemonade Crystal Light and a splash of Sprite Zero. The pair even celebrated their engagement by having a few ... in red solo cups.

2. Deer Season: While Miranda has voiced her frustration for the mess that comes with deer season, the pair both enjoy hunting. Heck, Blake even proposed in the woods near their Oklahoma home.

3. Two Houses: Before they married, Miranda relocated from Texas and bought a farm neighboring her then-boyfriend's. But now that they've tied the knot, will she sell her farm? "Hell no," she told W Magazine. "We mostly live at Blake's, but, if you're pissed, 10 miles away is far enough. If we have a fight, I can say, 'Go home' or 'I'm going home.'"

Mr. and Mrs. Shelton celebrate their second anniversary on May 14.