Kristy began performing at the ripe old age of four in a group called Fiddler’s Hatchery. “It was a really intense musical experience because we did summer camps and we toured through the U.S and Canada in the summer doing these big shows. It was a lot of fun. We got to play these really neat theaters and we did barn dances and all sorts of fun stuff.”

Kristy’s musical influences were varied and included everything from the Christian music her parents favored to Garth Brooks, Chris LeDoux and the music she listened to with her rodeo friends and then there was the cousin who introduced her to Heart, Def Leppard and Journey. “I listened to Heart over and over and over. I was so obsessed with them. Then I saw Garth and I said ‘I want to do that. I want to be that,’” says Kristy, who moved to Nashville in 2002 and began writing songs and developing her vocal chops.

Kelley admits she had a few hardcore honky tonk ambitions when she moved to Music City---in addition to cutting hit records. “I was watching CMT and I saw Brooks & Dunn and I thought, “Oh my gosh! I just want to sit and have a beer with them. They just look like so much fun to hang out with’ and that was my goal to move to Nashville and drink a beer with Brooks & Dunn,” she says with a laugh, and admits B&D have been kind to the new female duo, offering advice and even serving up a little tequila.