Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, otherwise known to table tennis fanatics The Dynasty, wiped out the competition to emerge as the victors at their first annual Ping Pong & Songs tournament, which benefits their LadyAID charity initiative. The two picked off a father-son team from Birmingham, Alabama in the finals. They also took on another band, who apparently outshone the victors in the ping pong apparel department. “We got to play Little Big Town,” says Charles. “I cannot say that their ping pong skills are very good, but they definitely outplayed us in the dress department. They came looking legit.” His bandmate agrees. “If they played as well as they dressed, they would’ve killed us, ‘cause they came in head-to-toe, and then they had the full long-sleeve outfits,” explains Dave. “And of course, Jimi [Westbrook] and Phillip [Sweet] stripped off their breakaway pants and pulled off their hoodies and [revealed] their little tight short-short outfits. But we killed ‘em.”

Lady A’s expectant mom, Hillary Scott, was on the sidelines, however, she still participated…giving the boys a little extra challenge. “Hillary gave us, um…what is the proper term for these?…Pregnant bellies – so Charles and I, so we know what it’s like to play pregnant now,” says Dave. “We know exactly what it takes and how it feels. (HILLARY: “It was hysterical.”) Your belly gets in the way when you’re trying to swing. It was really hard.”

The trio is currently making their way up the country charts with “Goodbye Town,” the latest single from their new album, Golden.

Lady Antebellum (ping pong tourney) OC: (DAVE) …ping pong style. :54
DAVE: “There was this guy that was ranked 15th in the world, is what he told us and the guys with him told us, and he came to our Ping Pong & Songs championship on Sunday of CMA Music Fest. He was there just to watch, thank goodness. We weren’t playing against him, but Charles and I actually won our own charity competition. (HILLARY: “Whoooo!”) CHARLES: “It was rigged, ladies and gentlemen.” DAVE: “We did have a bye all the way to the final round. No matter what happened, we were going to play the person that made it to the final round. But it was fun, [and] we had a great time. It was all for our LadyAID charity, so it all raised money for a great cause. More than anything, it was fun to have all the fans around. We ended up beating this father-son duo from Birmingham, Alabama. They have a ping pong shop down there. They were really good, but we took it to ‘em. We used all of our skills, all of our tricks from the road. We play a little more street ball than they’re probably used to, which is pretty rough and tough ping pong style.”

Lady A (LBT ping pong) OC: …it was really hard. :57
CHARLES: “We got to play Little Big Town. Yeah, they came in and challenged us to a duel. I cannot say that their ping pong skills are very good, but they definitely outplayed us in the dress department. They came looking legit.” DAVE: “If they played as well as they dressed, they would’ve killed us, cause they came in head-to-toe, and then they had the full long-sleeve outfits. And of course, Jimi and Phillip stripped off their breakaway pants and pulled off their hoodies and [revealed] their little tight short-short outfits. But we killed ‘em.” HILLARY: “Y’[all had an extra little outfit added on to your…” CHARLES: “We had headbands.” HILLARY: “And I surprised y’all.” DAVE: “And then Hillary gave us, um…what is the proper term for these?” HILLARY: “They were fake pregnant bellies.” DAVE: “Pregnant bellies – so Charles and I, so we know what it’s like to play pregnant now. We know exactly what it takes and how it feels. (HILLARY: “It was hysterical.”) Your belly gets in the way when you’re trying to swing. It was really hard.”