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Little Big Town Signs With Capitol Nashville

Move From Equity Music Group Continues Quartet's Complicated Path to Success

Little Big Town has left the independent Equity Music Group label to sign a multi-album deal with Capitol Nashville. Wednesday's (April 23) announcement followed several months of industry speculation that the platinum-selling quartet was looking for another label home after releasing two albums for Nashville-based Equity.

In a press release issued Wednesday morning, Equity general manager and interim president Derek Simon confirmed that the label and Little Big Town "reached an agreement to part ways."

Less than 90 minutes later, Capitol announced its new signing and also revealed the acquisition of the group's two Equity albums -- 2005's The Road to Here and 2007's A Place to Land . Capitol is taking over the marketing and promotion of A Place to Land and will be releasing a new single to country radio immediately.

Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook have endured a bumpy path since forming in 1998. First signed to Mercury Records, the deal fell apart before they released an album. They subsequently signed with Monument Records, a Sony label that was home to the Dixie Chicks. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2002, but Sony dropped Little Big Town from its roster after the release of two singles, "Don't Waste My Time" (which peaked at No. 33 on Billboard's country chart) and "Everything Changes" (which peaked at No. 42).