Published on, Sept. 20 -- September 19, 2025 11:45 PM

Nashville singer-songwriter Brett James was killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday, September 18.

He was 57.

As per WTVF, the Grammy Award-winning country music songwriter was one of three people aboard a single-engine plane that went down in North Carolina. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that there were no survivors in the crash.

"A Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3pm local time on Thursday, Sept. 18. Three people were on board," said FAA.

Flight records indicate that a single-engine Cirrus SR22T had departed from John C Tune Airport in Nashville before the crash.

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