''My Life's Been a Country Song'' is the fourth studio album by American

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artist

Chris Cagle Christopher Norris Cagle (born November 10, 1968) is an American country music artist. He was first known for writing songs for David Kersh before signing to Virgin Records Nashville in 2000. Cagle made his debut on ''Billboard (magazine), Bill ...

. It was released on February 19, 2008, through

Capitol Records Nashville Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States–based record label located in Nashville, Tennessee, operating as part of the Music Corporation of America. From 1991 to 1995, Capitol Nashville was known as Liberty Records. While under the ...

. The album's lead-off single was "What Kinda Gone", which peaked at No. 3 on the country music charts in April 2008, the second single, "No Love Songs", peaked at No. 53, while the third single, "Never Ever Gone", failed to chart. The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 37,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. It is also Cagle's final album for Capitol. The song "I Don't Wanna Live" was also recorded by

Josh Gracin Joshua Mario Gracin (; born October 18, 1980) is an American country music singer. While serving in the US Marine Corps, he first gained public attention as the fourth-place finalist on the second season of ''American Idol''. After his elimina ...

on his 2008 album '' We Weren't Crazy'' as "I Don't Want to Live". "Keep Me From Loving You" was also recorded by

Clay Walker Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single " What's It to You", which reached Number One on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Son ...

on his 2010 album, ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. Vocals *

- lead vocals * Perry Coleman –

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* Harry Stinson – background vocals * Russell Terrell – background vocals *

Neil Thrasher Joe Neil Thrasher Jr. (born July 13, 1965) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted ...

– background vocals Musicians *

Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session guitarist and producer. He is also a popular YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers. He is a five-time winner of Music Row's Top Ten Album All-Stars award in the guitar categ ...

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* John Carroll – electric guitar *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

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Kenny Greenberg Kenneth S. Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions. Biography Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attended junio ...

– electric guitar * Mike Johnson –

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* Troy Lancaster – electric guitar * B. James Lowry –

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Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...

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, percussion *

Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano player, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was hi ...

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Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the popular ...

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Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a session musician in Nashville as well as a record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biograph ...

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Production *Denise Arguijo – art direction *Drew Bollman – assistant, engineer, mixing *Chris Cagle – audio production, producer *Joana Carter – art direction *Mariana Chavez – photography *Greg Droman – mixing *Jedd Hackett – digital editing *Michelle Hall — art direction *Russ Harrington - photography *Scott Hendricks – audio production, overdub engineer, producer *John Netti – assistant *Justin Niebank – engineer, mixing *Lowell Reynolds – assistant *Patrick Thrasher – digital editing *Hank Williams - mastering

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Albums produced by Scott Hendricks Chris Cagle albums Capitol Records Nashville albums