He has also worked with Oteil and the Peacemakers, led by bassist Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band, Charles Neville, Victor Wooten, John Popper, Steve Bailey, David Hood, Robert Moore and the Wildcats, and the blues trio, Gravy.

Singer-guitarist Rob Thorworth said that Fryar raised the group's musical sophistication.

[3] In the 2000s, as part of Oteil and the Peacemakers, he was able to make use of both his jazz background and rock music sensibilities.

[1][5] He divorced his prior wife and remarried on May 22, 2010, to Holly Travis, which gave Chris two step-children: Ashley and Allison.

Fryar endorses Grestch drums and Zildjian cymbals and states being extremely happy with his setup, but switches it around periodically.