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Little Big Town's Jimi Westbrook & Karen Fairchild during the CMA Music Festival week in Nashville, TN at the The Lonestar and Friends Strike Out for the Kids Bowling Bash, June 2, 2008, sponsored by GAC. Photo by David Vespie.

The Associated Press reports that Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild are expecting their first child. They made the announcement just before performing at the “All for the Hall” Country Music Hall of Fame fundraiser concert Tuesday night.

The AP says when LBT was asked if the group had anything new to talk about, Kimberly Schlapman pointed at Karen’s  belly and said, “I have something really new.” Continue Reading

Tammy Wynette photo courtesy of tammywynette.com.

Eleven years after her death, Tammy Wynette — whose “Stand By Your Man” ranks among the best-known country songs in history — will finally enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony Oct. 18 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.

Tammy will be inducted alongside two full-time songwriters who wrote their own iconic pieces: Kye Fleming was responsible for Barbara Mandrell’s theme song, “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”; and Mark D. Sanders authored Lee Ann Womack’s mega-hit “I Hope You Dance.” Continue Reading