The Higgins are songwriters as well as musicians, having written or co-written nine tracks on their national debut album Real Thing.

The Higgins combine their country roots, pop influences and a Celtic family background into "their unique musical sound", and have been featured on TV shows and radio across Canada.

The Higgins musical influences come from Emmylou Harris, Fleetwood Mac, the Dixie Chicks, The Corrs, James Taylor, Celtic, deep South traditional forms of folk, blues and country.

After John's recovery, the group worked hard on developing their distinctive sound, and discovered they had a creative skill for songwriting.

[11] In December 2008, Eileen announced on The Higgins' Myspace blog, that she and her husband Blake are expecting the birth of their first child in late February 2009.

[12][13] In November 2006, The Higgins were invited to represent Canada at the Guangdong International Tourism & Cultural Festival in China.

For a week, they performed in places such as the 60,000 seat capacity Tian-He Stadium, and the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, in Guangzhou, China.

Eileen Higgins took home a CCMA All-Star Band Award (Special Instrument Category – Mandolin), from the event.

The Higgins were also nominated as CCMA Band/Duo of The Year, which later went to the songwriters of their hit single "Real Thing" : Deric Ruttan, Chris Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw (both of Country Group Doc Walker).

[27][28] In 2006, the group made a music video (of their song "Hey Jamie"), for the CBC Television show "Make Some Noise".