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  Name Little Big Town
  Background group_or_band
  Origin United States
  Genre Country Music
  Years Active 1999-present
  Label Mercury Nashville Records (1999)<br> Monument Records (1999-2002)<BR> Equity Music Group (2005-present)
  URL http://wwwlittlebigtowncom
  Current Members Karen Fairchild<BR>Kimberly Roads<BR>Phillip Sweet<BR>Jimi Westbrook


Little Big Town is an , 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.


MUSICAL CAREER

Little Big Town was signed originally to 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 Caribbeanhttp://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5197121,00.html. Roads gave birth to a baby girl, Daisy Pearl Schlapman on July 27, 2007 {Link without Title}
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.http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_4834436,00.html

Phillip Sweet married Rebbeca Arthur, a business owner and wardrobe stylist, on the 30th of March 2007http://www.littlebigtown.com/news.php?title=little_big_town_s_phillip_sweet_marries&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Sweet and his wife are expecting their first child too, by the end of 2007http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/06/little-big-town.html


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