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Little Big Town’s Thanksgiving Plans Include Family Time

Little Big Town has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving; a recent example is their Grammy nomination for their Best Performance for a Group Or Duo for “The…

Little Big Town Love Family, Laughter, Music And Eating This Thanksgiving
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Little Big Town has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving; a recent example is their Grammy nomination for their Best Performance for a Group Or Duo for "The Daughters." Their next album, Nightfall, comes out in January and will have them on the road for the first half of the year. But for now, they're glad to have some down-time around the holidays.

Kimberly Schlapman says of this week's holiday, “Thanksgiving—we love Thanksgiving, ‘cause we get to be with our families and we don’t often get to spend time with our families, our extended families, until the holidays. I love being around the table with my family and talking and laughing and cooking and eating…”

Jimi Westbrook adds, “And eating and eating and eating and eating… The eating, going taking a nap, then coming back and eating.” Phillip Sweet says, “The laughter around the eating, the good cheer, the celebration, the music…”

Kimberly then added, “Go to bed with a full belly, take a nap, and then get up and eat.”

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.