The initial iteration of the group was under the direction of the church's assistant pastor, J. R. Carrethers, and consisted of his sons Rufus and Harold plus their neighbor John Battle.
During the 1930s, Green left the group and William Malone and Samuel McCrary joined, but they retained the name of Fairfield Four, although it had expanded its membership beyond a quartet.
"The group split up in 1950, and Hill, Freeman, and Lewis moved to Greenville, Alabama, where they founded a new quartet, the Skylarks.
More personnel changes ensued, but by the late 1950s the group's popularity had waned, along with the decline of interest in a cappella gospel singing.
The track, "Telephone Road", was released as a single and the group appeared in the music video, as well as select live dates.
Also in 1997, the group appeared on John Fogerty's album Blue Moon Swamp, singing on the track "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade".