Chris Lane

Biography

Christopher Eric Lane (born November 9, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one album as frontman of the Chris Lane Band, a second album, Girl Problems×Girl Problems12 July 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Fix3:102For Her3:313Let Me Love You4:204Who’s It Gonna Be3:275Back to Me3:386Maybe3:157Her Own Kind of Beautiful2:448All the Time3:289Circles3:4110Saturday Night3:2911All About You3:0712Girl Problems3:12, and a third album, Laps Around the Sun×Laps Around the Sun13 July 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Take Back Home Girl3:322Fishin’2:423Drunk People3:174I Don’t Know About You3:285Laps Around the Sun3:336Bad Girl3:337New Phone, Who’s This2:448All the Right Problems2:529Life Goes On3:2810Sun Kiss You3:0111Number One3:4212Old Flame2:4913Without You3:1514Hero3:52. via Big Loud Records. Lane has charted seven singles on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, three of which went to No. 1 ("Fix", "I Don't Know About You", and "Big, Big Plans×Big, Big Plans28 June 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Big, Big Plans3:07").

Early life and career beginnings

Lane grew up in Kernersville, North Carolina, and has a twin brother named Cory. While attending Glenn High School, he and his brother played football and baseball, and both went on to play baseball in college at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Lane learned to play the guitar when sports injuries affected his chances of a professional baseball career. In his hometown he worked for his father's landscaping business and started a cover band that played in High Point University cafeteria. In 2007, Lane and his brother auditioned for the seventh season of American Idol but did not make it to Hollywood. It wasn't until 2008 when Chris’s high school friend Brent Eliason introduced him to Seth England of Big Loud Mountain and told his 'Uncle Seth' he had to listen to his mixtape. This was the moment which launched Chris's career as an up-and-coming country music artist.

Career

Before pursuing a solo career, Lane fronted the Chris Lane Band. Their album Let's Ride×Let's Ride17 April 2012 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1I Go Back5:262All I Ever Needed4:043Let's Ride3:214Starting Tonight4:175More Than That4:236Harder Than It Should Be3:537Just Like You3:218Carolina Kiss3:229Alone3:4910Too Tennessee4:2311Chasin' the Sun Down3:51 charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 2012. He moved to Nashville in 2013. Lane has opened for The Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Lee Brice, Chris Young and Brantley Gilbert, among others. In 2014, he opened for Florida Georgia Line on their This Is How We Roll Tour.

Lane's debut single, "Broken Windshield View×Broken Windshield View10 June 2014 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Broken Windshield View3:24", was released to country radio on June 10, 2014, by Big Loud Mountain. The song was written by Rodney Clawson, Shane Minor, and David Lee Murphy and produced by Joey Moi. It was featured on Sirius XM's The Highway and iTunes' New and Noteworthy. It sold 11,000 downloads in its first week of release and reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. As of August 2014, it has sold 43,000 downloads. It was also included on an extended play.
Lane released his debut album Girl Problems×Girl Problems12 July 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Fix3:102For Her3:313Let Me Love You4:204Who’s It Gonna Be3:275Back to Me3:386Maybe3:157Her Own Kind of Beautiful2:448All the Time3:289Circles3:4110Saturday Night3:2911All About You3:0712Girl Problems3:12 in August 2016. It accounted for the singles "Fix" and "For Her". His second album, Laps Around the Sun×Laps Around the Sun13 July 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Take Back Home Girl3:322Fishin’2:423Drunk People3:174I Don’t Know About You3:285Laps Around the Sun3:336Bad Girl3:337New Phone, Who’s This2:448All the Right Problems2:529Life Goes On3:2810Sun Kiss You3:0111Number One3:4212Old Flame2:4913Without You3:1514Hero3:52, produced the duet "Take Back Home Girl" (featuring Tori Kelly) and "I Don't Know About You". In 2019, "Big, Big Plans×Big, Big Plans28 June 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Big, Big Plans3:07" was released and became his third number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, but it was never included on an album, and after "Fill Them Boots×Fill Them Boots23 April 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Fill Them Boots2:43" failed to reach the top 40 of the chart in 2021, he parted ways with Big Loud.
In 2021, he featured on the single "Tailgate to Heaven" by Canadian country artist Shawn Austin.
Lane signed a joint venture with his own imprint Voyager Records and the newly-developed Red Street Records in 2023 and "Find Another Bar" will be released on August 21, 2023, as his first single for the label.

Personal life

In 2018, Lane began dating Lauren Bushnell, the winner of the 20th season of The Bachelor. They got engaged on June 16, 2019. The two married in Nashville on October 25, 2019. On December 6, 2020, Lane and Bushnell announced they were expecting their first child. On January 1, 2021, it was revealed that the baby would be a son. On June 8, 2021, their son was born. On June 6, 2022, Lane and Bushnell announced that they were expecting their second child in late October. On October 16, 2022, their second son was born. Their third child, a daughter, was born on November 11, 2025.