Little Big Town Remembers The Thrill

[michelej1]

[Excerpt from Pensacola News Journal article] on LBT, December 10, 2010

Q: One of the groups that Little Big Town is often compared with is Fleetwood Mac, and there's an interesting parallel beyond any of the musical similarities — Fleetwood Mac famously included a married couple (John and Christine McVie), as does your group (Fairchild and Westbrook are married). In Fleetwood Mac's case, on a personal level, that didn't work out too well. How does having a married couple as a part of your group affect the band dynamic?

A: Jimmy and Karen — it's much better now, because before, I think they took a long time to get together after they both separated from their previous relationships. There was a lot of tension, and that all went away after they got together. We're happy for them because we know they're happy together. It only brings us closer together, for some reason.

We did a "CMT Crossroads" with Lindsey Buckingham (who with Stevie Nicks, made up Fleetwood Mac's other, unmarried couple) some years ago, and he said, "My suggestion is to limit it to one married couple." So we've stuck to that.

We're all like brothers and sisters, in a way. I think (the group is) a very special friendship. All the experiences we've had together have bonded us together. We were all in other relationships when we started the group. Since then we've had two divorces, one breakup and Kim lost her husband. Now we're all remarried with kids, and it's been a great journey for us. I don't think we allow ourselves to get caught up in the petty things, because we've experienced so much life together.