Little Big Town

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Biography

Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all four members alternating as lead singers. Westbrook and Sweet also play rhythm guitar. After a recording deal with the Mercury Nashville Records label which produced no singles or albums, Little Big Town released their self-titled debut on Monument Records in 2002. It produced two minor country chart singles before the group left the label. By 2005, the group had been signed to Equity Music Group, an independent record label owned by Clint Black. Their second album, The Road to Here, was released that year. Certified platinum in the US, it produced consecutive Top Ten singles on the country charts in "Boondocks" and "Bring It On Home". A Place to Land is the title of their third album, released in 2007. This album's first single, "I'm with the Band", was a Top 40 hit on the country charts. Shortly after its release, the group was transferred to Capitol Records Nashville, which acquired the rights to A Place to Land and released "Fine Line" and "Good Lord Willing" as its second and third singles, respectively. The latter song is new to the re-release. 2010's The Reason Why, their first release exclusively for Capitol, produced the Top 10 hit "Little White Church", while 2012's Tornado produced their first number 1 hit in "Pontoon". Little Big Town have charted 14 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. This figure includes a Christmas single which was made available only as a download, and a live cover of "Life in a Northern Town" (along with Sugarland and Jake Owen) which charted in 2008 based on unsolicited airplay. In the mid-90s, Karen sang with the Christian vocal group Truth and was featured as a lead singer in a few of their songs. She also formed a duo called KarenLeigh with Leigh Cappillino (from the group Point of Grace). KarenLeigh produced the singles, "Save it For a Rainy Day" and "This Love Has". In 1987, while attending Samford University in the state of Alabama, singers Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild met. Eventually, the two moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they reunited and began singing together. Jimi Westbrook, a friend of Fairchild's husband, joined Roads and Fairchild in 1998. The three singers began performing as a trio, eventually rehearsing with Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, both of whom would eventually become members of the country pop group Rascal Flatts. By 1999, Phillip Sweet was added as the fourth member of the group, which by then had chosen the name Little Big Town.

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1998
Number of Albums 29
Record Label Capitol Records
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Genres

Country

Trivia

When did Jimi and I have a special friendship and connection that blossomed?

when we were both single

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What was the name of the child the Pontoon singers welcomed in 2010?

Elijah Dylan Westbrook

... getting married in 2006, the Pontoon singers welcomed a child, Elijah Dylan Westbrook in 2010. Did I mention they were the CMT Artists of the year in...
How many CMA awards has Little Big Town received?

six

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How many Grammys has Little big town won?

three

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What year was Tornado released?

2012

...lbums have been top sellers, including The Road to Here (2005), Tornado ( 2012 ), Pain Killer (2014), and, most recently, The Breaker (2017). Little Big...
Who is the CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum?

Kyle Young

...tion of beautiful vocal harmonies seldom heard in country music, said Kyle Young , CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The group has enjo...
How many different labels did Little Big Town record for?

four

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Who are the members of Little Big town?

Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet

...try vocal quartet whose members include Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet . After forming in the late 1990sfirst a...
What album was released in 2005?

The Road to Here

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Where was Samford University?

Birmingham, Alabama

...d met in 1987 while both were students at Samford University near Birmingham, Alabama . Fairchild, who as a freshman auditioned and won a spot on the s...
Where did Schlapman come from?

Cornelia, Georgia

...n singing with Schlapman that same year. Schlapman, who hails from Cornelia, Georgia , first began singing in church, and she competed in numerous tale...
What was the name of the singer who began singing with Fairchild?

Kimberly Schlapman

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When did Jimi Westbrook join Fairchild and Schlapman?

1998

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Little Big Town achieved an acrosstheboards smash with what song in 2014?

Girl Crush

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Which two Georgia natives befriended each other while attending college?

Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild

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Where did Little Big Town land a record deal?

Mercury Nashville

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What was the name of the record label Little big town signed with in 2002?

Monument

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When did Monument sign with them?

2002

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Who signed Little Big Town in 2005?

Equity Music Group

...airchild and Sweet divorcing their respective husbands that year. Equity Music Group , a new imprint launched by Clint Black and associates, signed Lit...
What was the name of the single that gave Little Big town a Top Ten country hit?

Boondocks

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What label did Little Big Town sign a recording deal with in 2002?

Mercury Nashville Records

...alternating as lead vocalists. After a recording deal with the Mercury Nashville Records label which produced no singles or albums, Little Big Town re...
Who owns Equity Music Group?

Clint Black

...up signed to Equity Music Group, an independent record label owned by Clint Black . Their second album, The Road to Here, was released that year, and r...
When did Equity close?

2008

...via Equity, then rereleased via Capitol Nashville after Equity closed in 2008 . Five more albums followed for Capitol: The Reason Why (2010), Tornado (...
Who sang with the Christian vocal group Truth in the mid-1990s?

Karen Fairchild

...Church, Tornado, and Day Drinking, and Girl Crush. In the mid1990s, Karen Fairchild sang with the Christian vocal group Truth and was featured as a le...
What is a signature element of Little Big Towns sound?

fourpart harmonies

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What Christian group did Karen Fairchild belong to?

KarenLeigh

... Schlapman and Karen Fairchild. Karen had previously been a member of KarenLeigh , a Christian group that dissolved after the formation of Little Big T...
What Christian vocal group did Leigh Cappillino go on to join?

Point of Grace

...half of KarenLeigh, Leigh Cappillino, went on to become a member of Point of Grace , an acclaimed Christian vocal group. However, Jimi Westbrook and Ph...
What was the name of the music publishing group that no longer exists?

Little Big Town Music

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Big Town Music was previously a part of what music scene?

Nashville

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What is the name of the four members that make up the group?

Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet

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The quartet's musical style relies on how many parts?

fourpart

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What type of guitar do Westbrook and Sweet play?

rhythm

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How was The Road to Here certified in the US?

platinum

...heir second album, The Road to Here, was released that year. Certified platinum in the US, it produced consecutive Top Ten singles on the country char...
What is the title of the group's third album?

A Place to Land

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What record label acquired the rights to A Place to Land?

Capitol Records Nashville

... 2007. Shortly after its release, the group was transferred to Capitol Records Nashville , which acquired the rights to A Place to Land and released Fi...
What was the first number 1 hit for Tornado?

Pontoon

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