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There Was a Moment When Charles Kelley Thought of Quitting Lady Antebellum

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Having recently dropped a new album on a new label, Lady Antebellum is seeing a resurgence of sorts, but the band admits there were a couple of times they considered throwing in the towel. Fortunately, they've always banded together to ultimately stay together. 

"We definitely had a couple moments [where we thought about quitting], but I think that's the one thing, that we've surrounded ourselves with such good people and our team," confesses Charles Kelley in a statement from the band's label. "It's like, no one was gonna let us give up on this. And I think that's what's really great.


"I know I hit a moment and I remember Cassie, my wife, saying, 'This is Charles. He's having his little moment, but we need to help him get through this and move on.' And it's like, if they had not been like that, if y'all had been a little bit more like, "Well alright, well screw him,' who knows where it would have been. I mean, it changed so much about me and my trajectory, and our trajectory. 

"And, I don't know, I just feel like now we've kind of opened up this door of like, let's just never let anything fester ever again and I think it's going to, hopefully, push us through till we are …"

"A lot grayer than we are now," finishes Hillary Scott.

"Oh, no doubt," adds Charles.

Lady A will play the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, May 30th.