Anschließend schrieb er diverse Hits, die von Country-Künstlern aufgenommen wurden, darunter Alan Jacksons "Between the Devil and Me" (1997), "The Little Girl" (John Michael Montgomery, 2000), "The Baby" (Blake Shelton, 2002), "My Last Name" (Dierks Bentley, 2003), "Tough Little Boys" (Gary Allan, 2003), "Awful Beautiful Life" (Darryl Worley, 2004), "If Nobody Believed in You" (Joe Nichols, 2004) und "I'll Wait for You" (Joe Nichols, 2006).
