Instruments Pedal steel guitar Genres Country Role Songwriter | Name Carson Chamberlain Years active 1980s–present Associated acts Keith Whitley | |
Occupation(s) Songwriter
record producer
session musician Nominations Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year Similar People Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Ashley Gorley, Mark Wills, Harley Allen | ||
Carson Chamberlain Interview - The 2008 BMI Country Awards
Carson Chamberlain (born in Berea, Kentucky) is an American songwriter, record producer and session musician who works mainly in the field of country music.
He worked as a bandleader and steel guitarist for Keith Whitley until Whitley died in 1989. Afterward, he worked as a touring manager for Alan Jackson and Clint Black. Chamberlain became an A&R director at Mercury Nashville in 1994, but later retired from that position. He has also worked as a record producer for several Mercury acts, including Mark Wills, Billy Currington and Easton Corbin.
Chamberlain co-wrote the songs "Love's Got a Hold on You", "Everything I Love" and "Between the Devil and Me" for Jackson; "The Best Day" for George Strait; and "Walk a Little Straighter" and "I Got a Feelin'" for Currington.