Before Chris Stapleton went solo in 2015, he wrote these three monster country music singles for other artists.

H aving Chris Stapleton cover your song is… a blessing and a curse.

Chris Stapleton took the stage at the 2025 ACM Awards and, as usual, blew the crowd away. This time he did so with a tribute to his wife.

Chris Stapleton’s “It Takes a Woman,” off last year’s ACM Album of the Year winner Higher, is a solemn, honky-tonk-on-Prozac song of devotion that digs deep into male vulnerability.