Little Big Town also join Blake Shelton‘s wife for a song. ‘Smokin’ and Drinkin” is a song that features the band — and was originally pitched to the group. Ultimately, Lambert got the song but decided it was best as a collaboration.
“Karen told me, ‘You have a song I want!,’” Lambert explains. “So I said, ‘If I cut it, will y’all sing on it?’ This was at the CMT Awards, just joking around in the dressing room.
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When season 3 of Kimberly’s Simply Southern premieres Monday, April 7 at 4/3c, you’ll notice something different about the set. Little Big Town member Kimberly Schlapman is still the host — but unlike the first two seasons, she’s now filming the show in her own kitchen. Kimberly and her husband Stephen recently more than doubled the size of their kitchen, turning a former guest bedroom and bathroom into a gorgeous, “rustic meets calm” space. She invited us over to check it out.
Full story and photos of Kimberly's 'Simply Southern' kitchen, HERE.
NEW SEASON OF KIMBERLY'S SIMPLY SOUTHERN PREMIERES TODAY, APRIL 7.
Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman is back in the kitchen for the third season of her Great American Country cooking series, Kimberly's Simply Southern. The new season premiere date is set for Monday, April 7, at 4 p.m. ET. The premiere was originally set for Saturday, April 12, but was recently changed.
"It's so hard to believe that this will be the third season of Kimberly's Simply Southern," Kimberly noted about the show. "Season 3 is even more exciting for me because I got to film it in my new kitchen, and I was able to cook with people I've admired for a long time."
Among the guests who will be dropping by the kitchen this season are Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, Billy Currington, Amy Grant and Keifer and Shawna Thompson of Thompson Square.
In the first episode, Kimberly visits a honey farm in Georgia, getting hands-on with some bees in the process, and learns the secrets behind one of Nashville's signature dishes: hot chicken.
Get in the kitchen with Kimberly every Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET for Kimberly's Simply Southern.
Season 3 starts off with a visit to Kimberly’s hometown where we meet Kimberly’s parents, visit her high school and tour a local honey farm. After Kimberly learns all about bees and honey processing, she takes a few jars of the sweet stuff back to her newly renovated Nashville kitchen.