Lance Carpenter

Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival, Lance Carpenter, Songwriter, SMSWF,Gatlinburg, TNNashville recording artist and professional songwriter Lance Carpenter pens hits of contemporary country radio, while still staying true to his traditional background. Lance recently celebrated his first #1 by co-writing Kelsea Ballerini’s history making song “Love Me Like You Mean It.” Growing up on a farm in Ozark, Arkansas, Lance taught himself how to play guitar while attending Arkansas Tech University where he was a member of the 1999 Conference Championship Wonderboy football team. The footballer turned lyricist moved to Nashville, TN in 2011 and in 18 short months signed his first publishing deal and secured 2 major cuts. Lance, however, remains true to his laid-back country boy persona and has continued to astound with the work ethic and humbleness that determined his early successes. He says, “The more success I have in this business the more significant I can be in the lives of others.” He released his debut self titled debut album “Lance Carpenter” in 2013 and has performed with Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Randy Rogers Band and more. Lance currently writes for Parallel Music Publishing and plans to continue writing music that inspires, memorializes and captures his own zest for life.

Lance loves traveling, hunting, Jack Daniels, having bbq’s, playing basketball, Ford trucks, camp fires, Panhandle Slim pearl snap shirts, and can’t turn down a good game of cornhole! He’s also afraid of spiders…but don’t tell him we told you!