This isn't any special trick, this is a standard technique called double tracking. The vocalist, guitarist, or whomever you're recording repeats the same musical phrase twice, and you pan one take hard left and the other hard right. The simple fact that they are not the same recording and our voices can't recreate the exact same sound twice means they contain different enough harmonic information that they provide that really nice spread out sensation. if you listen to the song with headphones it becomes especially clear, because you can make out the slight differences in how he sings the left signal and the right signal.
Plus, since they aren't the same recording, they won't double or phase cancel - completely mono compatible!