{"id":2035002,"date":"2025-09-19T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035002"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:56:50","slug":"country-songwriter-behind-hits-for-carrie-underwood-and-jason-aldean-killed-in-tragic-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-songwriter-behind-hits-for-carrie-underwood-and-jason-aldean-killed-in-tragic-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Songwriter Behind Hits for Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean Killed in Tragic Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Brett James<\/strong>, a country music songwriter, has perished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, September 19, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/grammy-winning-songwriter-brett-james-dies-in-plane-crash-near-north-carolina-school-franklin-cirrus-sr22t-thursday-plane-crash-news-tennessee-google-trends\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WZTV Nashville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WZTV Nashville<\/a> reported that the Grammy Award winner \u2014 along with two other people \u2014 was killed in a small-engine plane crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18,\u201d a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) read, per WZTV. \u201cThree people were on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame made a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NashvilleSongwritersHOF\/posts\/pfbid02FahaVbAmPNJfCm8SwS8mosGnRUaDfVKwEE3L7tu4oqphytLrq1H95LkhmFKYcNhZl?rdid=PXfRmoZAQfUIR4EO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook post<\/a> Thursday honoring the record producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe mourn the untimely loss of Hall of Fame member Brett James (\u201cJesus Take The Wheel\u201d \/ \u201cWhen The Sun Goes Down\u201d), a 2020 inductee who was killed in a small-engine airplane crash on Sept. 18. He was 57,\u201d they wrote on the platform.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram \/brettjamessongs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Throughout his career, James penned many country music hits, including <strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cJesus Take the Wheel\u201d and <strong>Jason Aldean\u2019<\/strong>s \u201cThe Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aldean, 48, paid tribute to James at his concert on Thursday night, sharing the sad news with the audience and performing \u201cThe Truth\u201d in honor of his friend, according to an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOxvHPcjlHy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram video<\/a> he posted on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHeartbroken to hear of the loss of my friend Brett James tonight. I had nothing but love and respect for that guy and he helped change my life,\u201d Aldean captioned the video. \u201cHonored to have met him and worked with him. Thoughts and prayers going out to his family. \ud83d\udc94\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brett James, a country music songwriter, has perished. On Friday, September 19, WZTV Nashville reported that the Grammy Award winner \u2014 along with two other people \u2014 was killed in a small-engine plane crash. \u201cA Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18,\u201d a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2035003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[375620,375297,375621,22846,375618,375410,354369,49425,375619,363142,309691],"class_list":["post-2035002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-airplane-crash","tag-brett-james","tag-cirrus-sr22t","tag-country-music","tag-federal-aviation-administration","tag-franklin","tag-grammy-award-winner","tag-jason-aldean","tag-jesus-take-the-wheel","tag-mega-agency","tag-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Country-Songwriter-Behind-Hits-for-Carrie-Underwood-and-Jason-Aldean.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2035002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2035002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2035002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2035002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}