“Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.”

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Christopher Alvin Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is known for his work in country music and for a career that began after he left engineering studies at Vanderbilt University to pursue music in Nashville. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Nashville in 1996 and later signed with Sea Gayle Music as a writer and publisher. His early career was shaped by songwriting as well as performing, and his name is closely associated with modern American country music.