LITTLE BIG TOWN

'Little Big Town' is an American country music vocal group. Formed in 1999, the band has four members: Karen Fairchild (born September 28, 1969), Kimberly Roads (born October 15, 1969), Jimi Westbrook (born October 20, 1971), and Phillip Sweet (born March 18, 1974). Unlike most vocal groups, Little Big Town does not have a designated lead singer; instead, vocal duties are shared among all four members.

Contents

Musical career

Personal lives

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Musical career

Little Big Town was signed originally to Mercury Nashville Records; however, no singles or albums were released on that label.^[1] They moved to Sony's Monument Records, on which they released their debut album in 2002. The album, which was self-titled, was panned critically and did not sell commercially, producing only two minor chart singles before Little Big Town was dropped from the label. After losing their record deal, the band members worked in telemarketing for a brief period.
In 2005, Little Big Town was signed to Equity Music Group, a label started by country music singer Clint Black. On October 4 of that year, they released their second album, ''The Road to Here''. The album produced two Top 10 country singles in "Boondocks" and "Bring It On Home", as well as two Top 20s with "Good As Gone" and "A Little More You". In addition, the album produced two Grammy nominations for the group.

Personal lives

On November 28th of 2006, Kimberly Roads, whose first husband died of a heart attack at age 41, remarried on an island in the Caribbean^[2]. Roads gave birth to a baby girl, Daisy Pearl Schlapman on July 27, 2007 [1]
Band members Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook married on May 31, 2006; however, they did not reveal this until July of 2006, having said they wanted to keep it private.^[3]
Phillip Sweet married Rebbeca Arthur, a business owner and wardrobe stylist, on the 30th of March 2007^[4] Sweet and his wife are expecting their first child too, by the end of 2007^[5]

Albums

Album information
'''Little Big Town''' ★ Chart Peak Position:— ★ Released: May 21, 2002 (U.S.)
'''The Road to Here''' ★ Chart Peak Position: 63 U.S. ★ Weeks on U.S. Chart: 23 ★ RIAA Certification: PLATINUM ★ Released: October 4, 2005 (U.S.)
'''A Place To Land''' ★ Chart Peak Position: — ★ Weeks on U.S. Chart: — ★ RIAA Certification: N/A ★ Released: November, 2007 (U.S.)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country	US Hot 100
2002	"Don't Waste My Time"	33		''Little Big Town''
	"Everything Changes"	42
2005	"Boondocks"A	9	46	''The Road to Here''
2006	"Bring It on Home"	4	58
	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	35		Single download
	"Good as Gone"	18		''The Road to Here''
2007	"A Little More You"	20	101
	"I'm With the Band"B	53		''A Place to Land''

★ ^A"Boondocks" also peaked at #56 on Hot Digital Songs, and #59 on the Pop 100.

★ ^BCurrent single.

References

1. Success no longer on Town's outskirts
2. http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5197121,00.html
3. http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_4834436,00.html
4. http://www.littlebigtown.com/news.php?title=little_big_town_s_phillip_sweet_marries&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
5. http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/06/little-big-town.html

External links

★ www.littlebigtown.com

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