Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman Reveals Her Favorite Song From Pain Killer

"That song is extra special to me because I love the sentiment of it, it's about real good, strong love," singer says of the track "Live Forever"

By Lindsey Caldwell Oct 23, 2014 7:00 PMTags
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Little Big Town has been quite busy the past few weeks. On Friday, they were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. On Monday, we found out they'll be performing with Ariana Grande at the Country Music Association Awards and their new album Pain Killer hit store shelves on Tuesday!

We caught up with Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town to hear all about it. "It's not what you would think, it's not about a painkiller, like a drug," she says. "It is about the love of your life killing your pain, and being your pain killer."

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Making this album—the band's sixth—had a much different feel from their previous releases. Kimberly says Pain Killer "took us a few months to make." She reveals that their previous albums "used to take us years!"

Kimberly spills that her favorite track off of Pain Killer is "Live Forever."

"That song is extra special to me because I love the sentiment of it, it's about real good, strong love, and I have that in my husband," she says. "Also, with my little girl, right after we finished writing that song, I started singing it to her at bed time. The first time I sang it, she said, 'Again and again.' Now, she sings it, and she knew every word before we even finished the record."

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Someone else who got a preview of Little Big Town's tracks ahead of the rest of us? Blake Shelton! When the band appeared on The Voice as part of Team Blake, they shared their latest project with him when the cameras weren't rolling. "We played him our new record, there was a little bit of alcohol, if you know Blake, of course there was!" Kimberly laughed. She went on to describe their time on the competition as "such an incredible experience. Blake's such an incredible coach, he's so encouraging."

So what's up next for the band? The CMAs on Nov. 5, of course. "We are doing the CMAs like we've never done it before, and we are so excited about it!"

We can't wait.