United Kingdom, June 12 -- Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley tried to "out-redneck" each other by killing a snake.

The two country stars connected through mutual friends and began writing together, and had a particularly memorable session which ended with Miranda, 42, wielding a shotgun.

Speaking with country icon Reba McEntire during a Three Generations conversation for ELLE magazine, Ella said: "We were in the middle of a write and I saw a snake. I tried to get up and catch it. And Miranda walked outside with a shotgun."

Miranda clarified: "We were at the farm, y'all. We were trying to out-redneck each other. That's what we were doing."

Fortunately for the snake, Ella "scared" it away before her pal could shoot.

She said: "The snake...