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Little Big Town’s Homecoming Nashville Celebration

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Little Big Town kept their 25th anniversary celebrations going on Friday night (12/13) at their special sold-out Nashville homecoming show at Bridgestone Arena.

Just before taking the stage for the closing night of their “Take Me Home Tour” with Sugarland, their record label and management showed up in full force and presented the band with a plaque celebrating their 25-year anniversary, as well as 29 million RIAA-certified units.

2024 has been a momentous year for the band, with several groundbreaking firsts. Earlier this year, the band released their first Greatest Hits album. Consisting of 12 tracks that span the group’s genre-defining discography, the record features new collaborations with Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, and Sugarland.

Adding to the list of firsts, the band also released their first-ever holiday LP, The Christmas Record, and performed a handful of them (“Santa Claus Is Back In Town,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” and “Glow”) at this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting.

Their first Christmas album with The Christmas Record, which came out on October 4, includes the opening track “Glow.” The 11-track record was produced by Dave Cobb.

When it was released, Jimi Westbrook said, “Ever since we started as a band, we have dreamed of making a Christmas record. We all love the traditions of the season and treasure the memories with our families. For our 25th year together, we finally made that record. We wrote several original songs for the project, and also recorded some of our favorites we’ve been singing together for years. We’re so proud of how it came together and hope the fans love it as much as we do.”

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LBT’s The Christmas Record Tracklist

Glow
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
If We Make It Through December
Someday At Christmas
Christmas Night With You
Believe In Christmas
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Tennessee Christmas
Christmas Time Is Here
Evergreen
Holiday

Just in time for the holiday break, Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry aired last night (12/16) on NBC and is currently available to stream on Peacock.

Hosting their first-ever holiday special, the two-hour star-studded musical extravaganza featured a variety of Christmas favorites and holiday classics, including duets and collaborations with Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Kirk Franklin, Josh Groban, Kate Hudson, Orville Peck, and more.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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