Jason Michael Carroll

From a North Carolina amateur to a country chart-topper (with 2007 debut Waitin' in the Country), Jason Michael Carroll's career trajectory is lucky happenstance for both the singer and country fans yearning for the traditionalist movement of the '90s. With a voice as smooth as Randy Travis' buttery baritone, Carroll treats his songs in an understated fashion, without an overbearing sense of melodrama. Growing Up Is Getting Old is produced with a warmth that can be tough to find in the music coming out of Nashville in the '00s.