With Ronnie Dunn, he became the country duo Brooks and Dunn, a collaboration that lasted for twenty years, until 2010.
He went to Louisiana Tech University as a theatre arts major and worked on an oil pipeline in Alaska one summer.
He returned to a solo career in 2012 with the release of New to This Town.
His father pushed him to act on his dreams of being a musician and he started his career as a staff Songwriter at Tree Publishing.
He collaborated with Joe Walsh on the song "New to This Town."
