The members of Lady Antebellum have grown much closer since first forming the band in 2006. The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year has gone through years of personal growth, especially now that all three of them are married, and through several career highs, with three albums under their belt and numerous awards and accolades on their shelves. It’s only tightened the bond between the three of them. “When I look back at the first record and listen to the music and remember us recording those songs and writing those songs, we were still figuring each other out. And not to say we’ve figured each other out, but we know so much more about each other,” says Lady A’s Dave Haywood. “We’re just so much more open to saying what we want to say.”

The trio is currently riding high on the country charts with their latest single, “Wanted You More,” from their platinum album, Own the Night.

AUDIO: Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood says the band has grown closer with each passing year and each album made.

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“I look at ourselves as a band who’s so close right now. I mean, when I look back at the first record and listen to the music and remember us recording those songs and writing those songs, you know, we were still figuring each other out. And not to say we’ve figured each other out, but we know so much more about each other. We’re just so much more open to saying what we want to say. And I think the song ‘Need You Now’ was a big step for us in that too. You know, we were real hesitant about putting that line in there – ‘I’m a little drunk, and I need you now.’ And I think we just went for it, and I think from that moment on and then a lot of this record [Own the Night] was all written out of a point of us being closer than we’ve ever been before.”