Jake Owen

2011–2012: Barefoot Blue Jean Night and Endless Summer

Owen released his third studio album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night, on August 30, 2011. The lead-off single and title track to the album, "Barefoot Blue Jean Night", became his first number one single on the country chart. The album's second single, "Alone with You", was released in October 2011, and like its predecessor, it reached number one on the country chart in April 2012. The album's next two singles, "The One That Got Away" and "Anywhere with You", both reached number one on the Country Airplay chart. Owen toured with Keith Urban in 2011 on his Get Closer World Tour.

He released an extended play titled Endless Summer on September 25, 2012. It includes "Summer Jam", a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line, which charted within the top 40 of Hot Country Songs despite not being released as a single.

2013–2017: Days of Gold and American Love The first single from Owen's fourth studio album, "Days of Gold", was released to country radio in August 2013. During Owen's June 2013 StageIt show, he confirmed that the album would also feature the new song "Ghost Town". The album, also titled Days of Gold, was released on December 3, 2013. In May 2015, Owen released a new non-album single to country radio, titled "Real Life". The song peaked at number 17 on the Country Airplay chart. It was eventually pulled from country radio after receiving overwhelmingly poor response. He performed the single live at the 2015 CMT (U.S. TV channel) Award show.

On February 2, 2016, Owen announced via Facebook that a new single would be released to country radio on March 7, 2016, titled "American Country Love Song". It is the lead single from his fifth studio album American Love which was released on July 29, 2016.

2017–2022: Label change and Greetings from... Jake In November 2017, it was announced that Owen had left RCA in favor of Big Loud Records. Owen released two singles for the label: "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" and "Down to the Honkytonk". These were included on his first Big Loud album, Greetings from... Jake, which released on March 29, 2019. The album charted at #8 on the Billboard Country album chart, reportedly selling 4,000 copies in the first week. The album's third single, Homemade, was released on June 3, 2019, and reached no. 1 on the Country Airplay chart. Owen performed at the Medina County Fair on July 31, 2019.

The album's fourth single, "Made for You", was released on May 18, 2020. He released the single "Best Thing Since Backroads" in 2021, and joined Canadian country duo the Reklaws on the single "11 Beers" in 2022.

2023–present: Loose Cannon Owen released his seventh studio album Loose Cannon on June 23, 2023. He was a co-writer on the song "Good Time Getting There", recorded and released by Dallas Smith on his self-titled album in October 2023.

Personal life Owen married model Lacey Buchanan on May 7, 2012, in Vero Beach, Florida. The couple became engaged on April 7, 2012, after Owen proposed to Buchanan onstage in front of a crowd in his hometown of Vero Beach at his annual charity event. After proposing, he jokingly asked, "You're probably wondering where your ring is, right?" referring to the fact that he proposed without a ring, and to his single "Don't Think I Can't Love You" which he had performed prior to proposing. The couple had their first daughter on November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving Day. The couple divorced in August 2015 after three years of marriage. Owen and girlfriend Erica Hartlein welcomed a daughter on April 29, 2019.

In 2010, Owen founded a nonprofit charity, which has raised over $3 million as of 2022.

Owen is a keen golfer, and, in November 2017, it was announced that he would be teeing up in the Nashville Golf Open on the Web.com Tour in May 2018.

While speaking with Barstool Sports in an April 2, 2019, interview, Jake Owen described an encounter with Phil Mickelson at Jordan Spieth's wedding in November 2018, where Mickelson told Owen to go "f--k" himself. The verbal altercation was initiated by Owen, who voiced his disappointment with The Match: Tiger vs Phil head-to-head match play golf challenge, a pay-per-view event on which he spent $29.99 and for which he wanted a refund. As told by Owen, Mickelson pulled a wad of $100 bills from his pocket and responded, "Yeah, I won 90,000 of these yesterday. Take one and go f--k yourself." The event purse was $9 million. Mickelson verified the truth of the story via Twitter.

Discography

Startin' with Me (2006) Easy Does It (2009) Barefoot Blue Jean Night (2011) Days of Gold (2013) American Love (2016) Greetings from... Jake (2019) Loose Cannon (2023) Dreams to Dream (2025)

Awards and nominations WINNER - Academy of Country Music (ACM)

2008: Top New Male Vocalist

WINNER - American Country Awards

2012: Breakthrough Artist of the Year

NOMINEE - ACM

2008: Top New Artist 2012: Single By a Breakthrough - Alone With You - Jake Owen Artist 2012: Music Video of the Year - Alone With You - Jake Owen Artist 2012: Music Video of the Year by a Male - Alone With You - Jake Owen Artist 2013: Single By a Male - The One That Got Away - Jake Owen Artist

NOMINEE - Canadian Country Music Awards

2023: Musical Collaboration of the Year - "11 Beers" (with the Reklaws)

NOMINEE - Country Music Association Awards

2008: Musical Event of the Year - "Life in a Northern Town" (with Sugarland and Little Big Town) 2009: New Artist of the Year 2020: Video of the Year - "Homemade" (directed by Justin Clough)