Let Them Be Little is the seventh studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Billy Dean

Billy Dean

William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search...

. His first album since Real Man

Real Man

Real Man is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released August 25, 1998 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes two singles: the title track and "Innocent Bystander", which respectively reached #33 and #68 on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts...

seven years previous, it is also his first release on the Asylum-Curb label. The album was originally to have been released in 2003 on View 2 Records, which promoted the first two singles ("I'm in Love with You" and a cover of John Denver

John Denver

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...

's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy

Thank God I'm a Country Boy

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy", also known as "Country Boy" is a song written by John Martin Sommers and recorded by American singer/songwriter John Denver.The song was originally included on Denver's 1974 album Back Home Again....

"). Asylum-Curb promoted the third single, "Let Them Be Little", which was co-written by Richie McDonald

Richie McDonald

Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang...

, then-lead singer of Lonestar

Lonestar

Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...

, and recorded by the band on their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again

Let's Be Us Again

Let's Be Us Again is the sixth studio album released by the American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: the...

. After this song came "This Is the Life", "Race You to the Bottom" and "Swinging for the Fence". Also included on the album are re-recordings of "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" and "Billy the Kid", two of Dean's early singles.

Track listing

1. "This Is the Life" (Billy Dean, Chuck Cannon
   Chuck Cannon
   Charles Marion "Chuck" Cannon, Jr. is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year...
   
   ) – 2:43
2. "Eyes" (Dean, Ray Barnette) – 3:35
3. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy
   Thank God I'm a Country Boy
   "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", also known as "Country Boy" is a song written by John Martin Sommers and recorded by American singer/songwriter John Denver.The song was originally included on Denver's 1974 album Back Home Again....
   
   " (John Sommers) – 2:54
4. "I'm in Love with You" (Dean, Cannon) – 3:38
5. "Slow Motion" (Dean, Cannon, Chuck Jones) – 3:50
6. "Let Them Be Little
   Let Them Be Little (song)
   "Let Them Be Little" is the title of a song co-written by American country music artist Billy Dean with Richie McDonald, the lead singer of Lonestar at the time. It was released in August 2004 as the third single from Dean's album, Let Them Be Little. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot...
   
   " (Dean, Richie McDonald
   Richie McDonald
   Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang...
   
   ) – 3:43
7. "Good Love Gone Bad" (Dean, Cannon, Stephanie Paisley) – 3:05
8. "Race You to the Bottom" (Dean, Barnette) – 3:21
9. "Shelfer Street" (Dean) – 2:39
10. "Swinging for the Fence" (Dean, Barnette) – 3:02
11. "Somewhere in My Broken Heart
    Somewhere in My Broken Heart
    "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. Released in 1991, it was the second single from the album Young Man. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart...
    
    " (Dean, Richard Leigh
    Richard Leigh (songwriter)
    Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...
    
    ) – 3:22
12. "Billy the Kid
    Billy the Kid (Billy Dean song)
    "Billy the Kid" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released in May 1992 as the third single from his second studio album, 1992's Billy Dean. The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1992, peaking at number...
    
    " (Dean, Paul Nelson) – 3:08

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	50