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Did You Know Karen Fairchild Played Quarterback In High School?

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Karen Fairchild is a powerhouse singer-songwriter, widely known for her work in the award-winning quartet, Little Big Town. But before she became a country star, Fairchild grew up in an athletic family and played quarterback on her football team. Fairchild recently reflected on an injury she had during a game, per her record label:

ā€œI was the quarterback to my powder puff team. I was running the ball and I came around the corner – this was in high school – and a foreign exchange student, I think her name was Inga, and I didn’t want to fumble ā€˜cause my brother and my dad were there, and I come from this very athletic family, so I held onto the ball. I knew I was going to go down, so I let my head hit first and I bit all the way through, but I didn’t fumble and I had a hole in my face, though. The sad thing is that it was just flag football, but I left my flags on and cleats and everything, ā€˜cause it looked cool, and I had blood running all down my jersey. I went to the emergency room like that, and they sewed up my lip.ā€

These days, however, Fairchild seems to be more focused on music than football. Little Big Town — which also includes Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook,Ā andĀ Phillip Sweet — recently announced their upcoming ā€œFriends of Mine Tour,ā€ kicking offĀ on Thursday, April 13, at the BJCC Concert Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. The tour comes at the heels of Little Big Town’s 10th studio album, Mr. Sun, a long-awaited project that included ā€œAll Summer,ā€ ā€œBetter Love,ā€ ā€œHell Yeah,ā€ ā€œThree Whiskeys and the Truth,ā€ ā€œRich Manā€ and other fan-favorite anthems. See the band’s upcoming tour dates here:


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