Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow not only shared the screen in the movie Country Strong, but they also share a song on the soundtrack. “Me and Tennessee” can be heard running over the film’s closing credits, which made a lot of sense to Tim, who portrayed the husband and non-singing manager to Gwyneth’s country star character, Kelly Canter. Tim says that “Me and Tennessee” is a very emotional song, but he just had to hear how well Gwyneth was singing to know that he’d be the one “trying to keep up with her.” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• “Me and Tennessee” is the new single from the star-studded original soundtrack to Country Strong, available now!
• Country Strong arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on April 12th!

  Tim McGraw talks about “Me and Tennessee,” his duet with Gwyneth Paltrow on the Country Strong soundtrack. (:26)
“Well, at the very end of the movie was where we thought that, when I first heard the song and they asked if I would sing a song in the movie, I told them I would for the end credit song, because I thought that that’s where the song belonged, and I thought that that would be the only time that would be appropriate to hear my voice would be the end credits. But the song is such an emotional song. It’s such a moving song. And of course, after hearing Gwyneth sing, I knew how well she would handle it. And my only problem then was trying to keep up with her and trying to sing good enough to match her.”