Ruby Jane Smith (born November 17, 1994) is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter in the traditional bluegrass and Americana music genres.

[2] The youngest fiddler invited to play the Grand Ole Opry, Smith has toured and recorded with Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson, Drake Bell,[3] and Willie Nelson, and has performed on Austin City Limits.

[4] Smith was born in Dallas, Texas, to parents who are originally from Columbus, Mississippi and while still a toddler moved there, with her mother, from whom she inherited a love for bluegrass music.

[5] Grand Ole Opry notable Jim Brock began instructing the seven-year-old Smith after seeing her perform onstage with Rhonda Vincent (Smith impressed Vincent and Brock with a rendering of "Boil Them Cabbage Down"[6]) and at age 10 she became the youngest invited fiddler to play at the Opry.

[8] After winning the 2005 Mississippi State Fiddle Championship[7] and garnering several other contest titles, in 2008 Smith and her family moved to Austin, Texas.