Mama June Praises Husband for Helping Her Family amid Hardships (Exclusive) [Video]

Mama June Shannon and her family know they can lean on her husband, Justin Stroud, no matter what.

Following a courthouse ceremony in March 2022, June and Justin wed a second time in February 2023 during a ceremony held in Panama City, Florida. But the pair have endured several hurdles since their relationship’s inception, including navigating June’s daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell‘s stage 4 cancer journey and eventual death in December 2023.

“Me and Justin have been together. We’ve been married two and a half years and we’ve been together almost three years in September,” June, 44, tells PEOPLE exclusively in a joint interview with daughters Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird and Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon ahead of Mama June: Family Crisis‘ midseason return.

“The three years that we have honestly been together have been some crazy times,” she continues. “When I met him, I was working on my relationship with my kids. …