Little Big Town share new duet with Kelsea Ballerini, 'Closing Time'

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Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning Little Big Town – Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook – have shared their new track, “Closing Time,” featuring six-times-Grammy-nominated and multiple CMA and ACM Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Kelsea Ballerini, available on all DSPs.

Accompanied by an official music video streaming now on the band’s official YouTube channel, "Closing Time" is a confident, flirtatious duet that celebrates living in the moment as last call turns into a night that's too good to end. The new track is the latest offering from LBT’s anticipated forthcoming album, “It’s A Dying Art,” arriving Aug. 28 via MCA.

Co-produced by two-time Grammy-winner Gena Johnson (Jason Isbell, Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile) and LBT’s own Fairchild, “It’s A Dying Art” blends intimate storytelling, emotional balladry, and a focus on human-made music shaped by imperfection and lived experience. The album features collaborations with friends including Ashley Monroe, Isbell and Ballerini, and reflects more than 25 years of chemistry and trust within the band.

LBT first previewed the project with the poignant “Hey There Sunshine,” which debuted at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards to widespread acclaim, with The Tennessean calling it “a hopeful, healing moment” and Billboard praising it as “a timely message from one of country music’s greatest vocal groups.” They followed with “Over and Over,” which Billboard hailed as a “top-shelf post-breakup anthem”; “Sucker For A Sad Song” featuring Monroe, which Rolling Stone declared a “song you need to know”; and their recent piano-driven ballad, “We Could Have It All.” Additional standout tracks include the relationship-worn “The Door” featuring Isbell, the fiery “It’s Coming Around”; and the visceral “The Idea.” The band will celebrate the album’s release with a special performance on the “Today” plaza on Sept. 1 as part of the “Citi Concert Series.”

This fall, LBT will kick off their “For The Art Of It Tour.” Produced by Live Nation and in support of their forthcoming album, the U.S. and Canada dates kick off Sept. 24. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.littlebigtown.com/tour.

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