[4] Feek has a friendship[5] and working relationship with Joel F. Salatin with whom he has collaborated in several performances promoting sustainable farming.

[9] Inspired by Don Williams, Merle Haggard, and other artists, Feek began playing guitar at age 15.

He later served two tours of duty in the United States Marine Corps after high school, before moving to Dallas, Texas, where he played in nightclubs.

[10] Feek continued to write for other artists in the 2000s, including album tracks for Mark Wills, Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, Randy Travis, and Lorrie Morgan, as well as Tracy Byrd's 2003 single "The Truth About Men"[10] In 2004, Feek achieved his first Number One as a songwriter when Blake Shelton topped the country charts with "Some Beach," which he co-wrote with Paul Overstreet.

The album includes Feek and Jamie Teachenor's co-written single “Met Him in a Motel Room” with vocals by Trisha Yearwood.

"[16] The album also includes a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin.’”[13] As a filmmaker and storyteller, Feek wrote, shot much of, and edited his docu-series, This Life I Live,[17] which premiered on RFD-TV in March 2020.

Feek created the singer-songwriter show "Muletown In the Round,"[18] the educational series, "The One Room Schoolhouse,"[19] and others with Red King Productions.