After American Idol, Johnson released his debut solo album, Testify, through Interscope Records.

[7] He played some sports in high school, joined the drama club and chorus, and did some mission work and some volunteering at his church, Calvary Baptist.

[8] Johnson became interested in singing around age 17 when Josh Sawyer, who had a band in his high school, asked him to be the lead singer.

[11][12][13][14] After graduating Erwin High School in Asheville, North Carolina, on June 30, 2009, Caleb Johnson first joined a band called Rock Bottom as its lead singer.

[8] A year later, he joined his friend Josh Sawyer in rock band called Elijah Hooker and became its lead vocalist.

Johnson got positive feedback from the judges every week, had strong performances, and became the only finalist in the season to never land in the bottom 3 prior to reaching the finale.

The album was recorded in three weeks and Johnson collaborated with musicians such as Howard Benson, Aloe Blacc, Brian Howes, Blair Daly and James Michael.

[18] After parting ways with his record label in late 2015, Johnson began working on his second album independently.

[24] The album has contributions from Jason Bonham, Tyler Bryant, Josh Sawyer, Audley Freed, Tony Lucido, Mike Webb, Damon Johnson, Gale Mayes, Devonne Michele, and Angela Primm.