History Music / LittleBigTown

* BiTheWay: Played with in "Girl Crush", the woman is obsessing after another woman, only because she's jealous of the fact that the other woman [[AllLoveIsUnrequited has a man whom the narrator desires]].

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians[=/=]BiTheWay: Played with in "Girl Crush", the woman is obsessing after another woman, only because she's jealous of the fact that the other woman [[AllLoveIsUnrequited has a man whom the narrator desires]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Back when they were signed to Mercury, they sang backing vocals on Collin Raye's ''Can't Back Down'', and Sweet and Roads co-wrote a song for Sherrié Austin in 2001.

"Little White Church" from 2010's ''The Reason Why'' got them a third Top 10 hit finally, but the follow-ups both failed to make Top 40, despite a second tour with Sugarland. Two years later, the band switched producers to Jay Joyce (Music/EricChurch, Music/CageTheElephant), and ''finally'' got its first #1 hit with "Pontoon", the lead single to ''Tornado''. This song also netted them their first-ever Grammy (for Best Country Duo/Group Performance), while the title track went on to become a #2 hit in 2013. After two lower-charting singles, Little Big Town launched its sixth album with "Day Drinking", followed by their biggest hit to date, "Girl Crush". A detour to pop territory in 2016 with the Pharrell Williams-produced ''Wanderlust'' was unsuccessful, so they returned to country in 2017 with ''The Breaker'' -- led off by the Music/TaylorSwift-penned "Better Man".

A CountryMusic vocal group consisting of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Philip Sweet. Their momentum was slow, with a gradual rise to prominence in TheNewTens.

In the late 90s, the group signed to Mercury but did not release anything. They then moved over to Monument and released one self-titled debut album, from which only two low-charting singles were released before Monument closed its Nashville division.

2007's ''A Place to Land'' had its lead single "I'm with the Band" fizzle out at #32, followed promptly by the closure of Equity. Shortly afterward, a concert recording of them covering The Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town" on the Sugarland/Jake Owen tour also cracked Top 30, at which point Little Big Town announced that Capitol Records had picked them up. Capitol re-issued ''A Place to Land'' with several new tracks, and released two more singles from the project, but they were also unsuccessful.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first album had much slicker, poppier production than their most famous works. Also, both of its singles had Kimberly and Philip singing lead, when most subsequent singles have relied more on Karen or Jimi.

** Jimi: "A Little More You"

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians[=/=]BiTheWay: Played with in "Girl Crush", the woman is obsessing after another woman, only because she's jealous of the fact that the other woman has a man whom the narrator desires.

"Little White Church" from 2010's ''The Reason Why'' got them a third Top 10 hit finally, but the follow-ups both failed to make Top 40, despite a second tour with Sugarland. Two years later, the band switched producers to Jay Joyce (Music/EricChurch, Music/CageTheElephant), and ''finally'' got its first #1 hit with "Pontoon", the lead single to ''Tornado''. This song also netted them their first-ever Grammy (for Best Country Duo/Group Performance), while the title track went on to become a #2 hit in 2013. After two lower-charting singles, Little Big Town launched its sixth album with "Day Drinking", followed by their biggest hit to date, "Girl Crush".

* ChartDisplacement: "Boondocks" is still one of their most famous songs despite only getting to #9.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first album was a lot more slickly produced and generic. Also, both of its singles had Kimberly and Philip singing lead, when most subsequent singles have relied more on Karen or Jimi.

* BiTheWay: Played with in "Girl Crush", the woman is obsessing after another woman, only because she's jealous of the fact that the other woman has a man whom the narrator desires.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first album was a lot more slickly produced and generic.

** Everyone in varying combinations: "Boondocks", "I'm with the Band", "Good Lord Willing"

** Kimberly and Philip split the lead vocal on their first two singles ("Don't Waste My Time" and "Everything Changes"), but Philip only sang two other singles ("Bring It On Home" and "Kiss Goodbye"), and Kimberly did not get a solo lead until "Sober" in 2013
** All four of them sing in varying combinations on "Boondocks", including a round at the end.
** "The Reason Why" and "Your Side of the Bed" are duets between Karen and Jimi. "A Little More You" is the only single that had Jimi sing lead by himself.

* VocalTagTeam: Karen usually gets the singles, but the other three members have carried at least one single each (Kimberly didn't get a single to herself until "Sober" in 2013). All four of them sing in varying combinations on "Boondocks", including a round at the end. Also, "The Reason Why" and "Your Side of the Bed" are duets between Karen and Jimi.

"Little White Church" from 2010's ''The Reason Why'' got them a third Top 10 hit finally, but the follow-ups both failed to make Top 40, despite a second tour with Sugarland. Two years later, the band switched producers to Jay Joyce (Music/EricChurch, Music/CageTheElephant), and ''finally'' got its first #1 hit with "Pontoon", the lead single to ''Tornado''. This song also netted them their first-ever Grammy (for Best Country Duo/Group Performance), while the title track went on to become a #2 hit in 2013. After two lower-charting singles, Little Big Town launched its sixth album with "Day Drinking".

* BiTheWay: In "Girl Crush", the woman is lusting after another woman because she also wants to be with the man she is with.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: The subject of "Girl Crush".

* MoralGuardians: "Girl Crush" caught a lot of heat in 2015 due to listeners misconstruing it as promoting lesbianism.

"Little White Church" from 2010's ''The Reason Why'' got them a third Top 10 hit finally, but the follow-ups both failed to make Top 40, despite a second tour with Sugarland. Two years later, the band switched producers to Jay Joyce (Music/EricChurch, Music/CageTheElephant), and ''finally'' got its first #1 hit with "Pontoon", the lead single to ''Tornado''. This song also netted them their first-ever Grammy (for Best Country Duo/Group Performance), while the title track went on to become a #2 hit in 2013. After two lower-charting singles, Little Big Town launched its upcoming sixth album with "Day Drinking".

* VocalTagTeam: Karen usually gets the singles, but the other three members have carried at least one single each (Kimberly didn't get a single to herself until "Sober" in 2013). All four of them sing in varying combinations on "Boondocks", including an ostinato at the end. Also, "The Reason Why" and "Your Side of the Bed" are duets between Karen and Jimi.

* {{Mondegreen}}: "Pontoon" came about as the result of this. Co-writers Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby wrote a song for Music/MirandaLambert called "Fine Tune"; a publisher later inquired about the song, but thought that it was called "Pontoon". After Hemby corrected him, the two thought that they actually shouldtry writing a song called "Pontoon".

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