Little Big Town believes fiercely in the music on its new album A Place to Land-so when a change of record label left it in limbo shortly after its November 2007 release, they didn't give up on it. Now that Westbrook and bandmates Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet have found a new home at Capitol Records Nashville, Little Big Town's faith in A Place to Land has been rewarded with a new life.
"We want the world to hear this music," Georgia native Schlapman says. "It's our heart and soul. It's who we are, and we put so much of ourselves into it. It's how we tell the story of our lives."
But this isn't the album plenty of Little Big Town fans already know and love-it's much more. Three brand-new studio tracks demonstrate the group's continuing growth and evolution, while "Life in a Northern Town," the hit live collaboration with tourmates Sugarland and Jake Owen, captures its onstage sizzle. "We're getting a boost of creativity from being in a new situation," Arkansas-born Sweet says of the new tracks. "The music is really feeling alive and fresh for us."