John Kelley Lovelace is an American songwriter known mainly for his work with country artist Brad Paisley.
He has written several of Paisley's singles, including the number 1 hits "He Didn't Have to Be" (Paisley's first number 1[2]), "The World", "Ticks", "Online", "I'm Still a Guy", "Start a Band", "Water", and "Remind Me".
He has also written Top 10 singles for Joe Nichols, Jason Aldean, Terri Clark, and Carrie Underwood.
[3] Lovelace is an alumnus of Hixson High School[4][5] in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Belmont University in Nashville.
[1] Lovelace also played football for Hixson High.