A young aspiring musician named Lainey Wilson once wrote a letter to Tim McGraw, talking about her passion for music and asking for advice. Check out Lainey talking about the letter and what she wrote to Tim in the top video below which also promotes her Netflix documentary. She never got a response, probably because the person Lainey asked to mail it never did. That letter now sits in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and now, years later, Lainey has finally gotten a response.
Lainey finally got to meet (and perform with) Tim at CMA Fest, and Tim revealed that, all these years later, he wrote a letter in response. Then McGraw really blew her mind, adding “And Tom Douglas and I wrote a song about the letter, so I’ll send that to you.” Lainey was understandably, visibly shocked by that, turning away with her jaw dropping. “You are lying!” she said, to which Tim replied, “If you like it, you like it, if you don’t you don’t.” We’re betting she likes it. See a video of the exchange below in the second video.
Then scroll down to see some of their performance at CMA Fest from a few different angles.
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@paulnevin8 @Tim McGraw & @Lainey Wilson – I like it, I love it @ cma fest 2026 #cmafest #nashville #timmcgraw #laineywilson #countrymusic ♬ original sound – Paul
@singingsoberdogmom @Lainey Wilson and @Tim McGraw at @Nissan Stadium for CMA fest 2026 #cmafest #laineywilson #timmcgraw #ilikeitiloveit ♬ original sound – Tatiana Lyne
