Kelsea Ballerini Realized Joining The Voice Would Be the 'First Time' People 'Are Just Not Going to Like Me'

Joining The Voice might test Kelsea Ballerini's self-confidence.

In a new cover story interview with Women's Health, the country star opened up about her decision to become a coach on The Voice for the hit NBC show's upcoming season 27 and how she expects one element of the job to be different from musicianship.

"I've gotten to the point where, if people don't like my music, I'm like, 'Fair enough. Not everything is for everyone,'" Ballerini, 31, told the outlet, adding that The Voice marked "the first time I was putting myself in a position where people are just not going to like me."

The "Blindsided" artist has appeared on The Voice several times in the past as a comeback stage coach, Kelly Clarkson's battle advisor and guest coach, but she'll be a full-time coach for the first time on season 27 alongside Adam Levine, John Legend and Michael Bublé.

After landing the gig, Ballerini told Women's Health she spoke to her therapist about how to take in viewers' post-show feedback on her performance as a coach. The mental health professional advised she watch herself on TV, think of ways to improve and ask producers for their thoughts.

Ballerini's therapist, however, said she should not look at social media comments. "There's still that little know-it-all in me that has to know the full scope of it," she said, noting that "it's now on me to choose the right [course of action]."

Aside from The Voice, the Grammy-nominated musician is gearing up to release her new album, Patterns, on Oct. 15. So far, she's released three songs from the project: "Cowboys Cry Too" with Noah Kahan, "Two Things" and "Sorry Mom."

In an interview with PEOPLE at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at the Paradise Club in New York City on Oct. 8, Ballerini spoke about how her boyfriend, actor Chase Stokes, supported her during the making of Patterns.

“He’s been such a big, beautiful part of my life for almost two years now,” said Ballerini, who began dating Stokes in early 2023.

“I’m really proud of the art that he's inspired,” she continued. “And I’m really proud to be with someone who’s a truth-teller in his own art too. And to be aligned in that way and to share parts of our relationship and that kind of stuff, so openly and willingly, is really beautiful.”

Elsewhere in the new Women's Health cover story, Ballerini spoke about how Patterns will dive into the work she and Stokes, 32, have done in their relationship, revealing the project is "not not a record full of love," but instead focuses on "the nuance of it."

"It’s the in-between moments," she said. "How do we get to the happy-go-lucky, mushy-gushy phase? This is the process, but it took a lot of sorting through baggage together. I think we’re both really proud of that.”