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"We really credit Little Big Town when we were on the Throwdown Tour, watching them have their families out on the road and seeing that it can actually be done," Mike tells Loveland, Co. radio station KXBG. "That's one of those things that we always weren't quite sure how do you have a family and be out on the road at the same time, because being on the road is tough. Having them out there and watching them, they really do. So we really credit them with convincing us that you can actually have a productive life outside of being on the road."
"I think they're secretly raising a band," drummer Chris Thompson adds jokingly, of LBT's brood of three. "In five more years, their kids are all gonna be like a band."
EYB just celebrated their second chart-topping single, "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," from their Life at Best album. The tune, written by singer-songwriters Eric Paslay and Will Hoge, is indicative of the direction the four guys feel they are heading towards.
"It was a subject we wanted to cover," Jon tells the Boot, "but we felt there was no way we could write the song as well as Eric and Will did. We loved the idea and it was captured so perfectly we couldn't pass it up."
The Eli Young Band, which also includes guitarist James Young, will have plenty of time to take more family lessons from LBT. They are continuing on the road serving as openers on Rascal Flatts Changed tour, along with Edens Edge. See a complete list of concerts here.
See Photos of EYB & Other New Musical Parents
- Dierks & Cassidy Bentley
- Chely Wright
- Jennifer Nettles
- Hillary Scott & Chris Tyrell
- Sarah Buxton
- Emily and Eric Gunderson
- Lacey Buchanan Owen
- Joy Williams (the Civil Wars)
- Sarah and Jon Jones
- Mike and Kacey Eli
- Leyicet Gokey
- Heather Nichols
- Mindy McCready
- Tayla Lynn
- Carter's Chord's Emily Robertson
- Beyonce
- Jewel
- Hillary Duff
- Jessa Lee Houser
- Lily Allen
- Country's Marital Bliss
- Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
- Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert
- Narvel Blackstock & Reba McEntire
- Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban
- Caroline & Luke Bryan
- Norma & George Strait
- Kyle Jacobs & Kellie Pickler
- Mike Fisher & Carrie Underwood
- Denise & Alan Jackson
- Vince Gill & Amy Grant
- Kimberly Williams Paisley & Brad Paisley
- Clint & Lisa Hartman Black
- Trace & Rhonda Adkins
- George & Nancy Jones
- Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
- Darius & Beth Rucker
- Connie Smith & Marty Stuart
- Frank Liddell & Lee Ann Womack
- Big Kenny & Christiev Alphin
- Country Newlyweds
- Brantley Gilbert & Jana Kramer
- Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert
- Wynonna & Cactus Moser
- Thomas Rhett & Lauren Gregory
- Angaleena Presley & Jordan Powell
- Jake Owen & Lacey Buchanan
- Dave Haywood & Kelli Cashiola
- Chris Tyrell & Hillary Scott
- Jennifer Nettles & Justin Miller
- Marcel & Jessica Andrews
- Lindsey Crawford & Matt Stillwell
- Jon Cody Finger & Tayla Lynn
Watch Eli Young Band's "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" Video
