He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen.

He has released three studio albums for Big Loud Records, A Rock (2020), The Mockingbird & the Crow (2023), and Quit!!

[5] Growing up, Hardy often listened to music with his father, whom he has cited as the source of some of his earliest and fondest memories.

"[6] Hardy then went on to attend Middle Tennessee State University, where he got a degree in songwriting in the Recording Industry Management program.

After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue songwriting, he became a writing partner of the duo Florida Georgia Line.

1,[15] which featured a total of 17 artists including Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Tracy Lawrence, Jake Owen, Trace Adkins, Joe Diffie, Zakk Wylde, Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, and Morgan Wallen.

This album included artists such as Matt Stell, Jon Pardi, Jimmie Allen, Colt Ford, Randy Houser, Rhett Akins, and Lainey Wilson.

[21] On August 19, 2022, Hardy released "Wait in the Truck", featuring Lainey Wilson, as his first single from his upcoming second studio album.

[22] In October 2022, Hardy announced his second studio album, The Mockingbird & the Crow, to be released on January 20, 2023, via Big Loud Records with guest vocals from fellow country singers Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and A Day to Remember lead singer Jeremy McKinnon.

The first half of the album is more traditional country music with all the song titles stylized in lower case.

Kip Moore, Travis Denning, Ella Langley and Stephen Wilson Jr. joined him on the road as supporting acts.

3: Difftape, featuring him and other artists covering songs by Joe Diffie and honoring the fourth anniversary of his death in 2020.

[28] In April 2024, Hardy announced that in collaboration with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that he had recorded a version of their 1994 song "Gin and Juice".

The album features guest appearances from Chad Smith, Knox, and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.

[30] In August 2024, Hardy was featured on "Hide My Gun" from Post Malone's country album, F-1 Trillion, which he also co-wrote.

[31] On October 14, 2024, Hardy announced via his Instagram that he would be recording both nights of his tour at Red Rocks Amphitheatre so that he could release a live album in early 2025.

[36][37] Hardy proposed to his girlfriend Caleigh Ryan in August 2021 at The Lyric in Oxford, Mississippi which is where the couple met in 2017.