By now, the world knows that Miranda Lambert is way too badass to be considered a girly girl. She never was one, she probably never will be. And after watching her at her birthday show in Chicago, I think I know why: She is surrounded by men.

With the exception of her mom joining her onstage for one dance on one song, the rest of the night had Lambert trotting out guy after guy after guy to sing with her. First, there was her five-man band, and she encouraged them to do their own singing for a 10-minute medley of Beatles songs. Then there was boyfriend Blake Shelton, who joined her onstage a couple of times for his take on her “Famous in a Small Town” and Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Even her dad, Rick Lambert, took a turn at the microphone when he brought out his guitar and sang “Trashy Women.”

But the man parade didn’t end there. Lambert also brought one of her favorite country artists, Alabama-bred Adam Hood, back out after he opened the show for her. And Austin artist Matt Powell sang a little, and singer-songwriting buddy Travis Howard did “America Girl.” Another one of Lambert’s pals, John Eddie, did a remarkable cover of the Rolling Stones‘ “Dead Flowers.” The rest of the guys in Lambert’s backing band (Alex Weeden, Scotty Wray and Chris Kline) had a chance to shine as frontmen for a while, too, as did her Mohawked bass player Aden Bubeck when he sang “Whiskey River.”

Even Lambert’s cover songs were pretty guy-heavy. She called Jack Ingram her hero before she sang his “Wherever You Are” and said she wanted to do Dierks Bentley’s “Come a Little Closer” because he was one of the first ones to believe in her. So even with all her kerosene-soaked, man-bashing songs, I think that deep down, Lambert loves the men in her life.