Lady Antebellum kinda formed by accident - not that that's a bad thing. Charles Kelley, a construction worker and aspiring singer from North Carolina, moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2006, taking up residence in his brother's (pop singer Josh Kelley) house. He somehow convinced his brother to let his childhood friend and college roommate, Georgia-born guitarist Dave Haywood, move in as well. The pair began frequenting bars and honky tonks in the Nashville area where they soon met Hillary Scott, a blonde bombshell with a voice of gold. She began jamming with the boys in Charles' brother's living room off and on throughout 2006, eventually becoming the third and final member of what is now one of the hottest commodities in country music, Lady Antebellum.
The group's talent and potential was undeniable from the start; Charles and Hillary's dueling vocals proved to be the perfect compliment to Dave's rock-solid instrumentation. Lady Antebellum began performing at clubs throughout Nashville, catching their big break within a matter of months when soft rock pianist/crooner Jim Brickman asked the trio to appear on his 2007 hit single "Never Alone". They obliged, and soon found themselves thrust into the national spotlight, penning the song "Miles Away" for the soundtrack of the popular MTV reality show The Hills just a few short weeks later. Before they knew it, Lady Antebellum found record labels and talent scouts practically running over each other in the streets to get ahold of them.
The band signed a record deal with Capitol Records Nashville in late 2007 and hit the studio with veteran record producers Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley (Emerson Drive, Big & Rich), churning out their self-titled debut album Lady Antebellum in April 2008. Lady Antebellum proved to be a runaway success, spawning the hit singles "Love Don't Live Here" and "Lookin' for a Good Time" and skyrocketing to the #1 spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, beating out country veteran George Strait's most recent album Troubador.