Composed of Georgia-born singers Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman, Arkansas-born guitarist Jimi Westbrook, and Alabama-born Philip Sweet, the band Little Big Town settled in Nashville in 1998, where they signed a short-lived recording contract with Mercury, followed by Monument, which released their self-titled debut album in 2002. Three years later, Equity Music Group signed the quartet. From then on, success came to Little Big Town, which scored its first hit with the song âBoondocksâ (No. 9 on the country charts), followed by âBring It on Homeâ (No. 4 on the country charts), both from the album The Road to Here (2006). After the release of A Place to Land (2007), Little Big Town signed with Capitol and scored its first No. 1 country hit with the follow-up album The Reason Why (2010), followed by the platinum-certified albums Tornado (2012, No. 1) and Pain Killer (2014, No. 3). The hits kept coming, and the group worked with Pharrell Williams on the production of Wanderlust (2016), which was met with a lukewarm reception from the country audience. Returning to their usual country-pop style, Little Big Town found success again with The Breaker (2017, No. 1 on the country charts) and received their third Grammy Award for Best Country Group. In 2020, they released the album Nightfall, their fourth album to reach No. 1 on the country charts.
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