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Tim McGraw credits the fact that he is alive today to wife Faith Hill.  In an interview this week, Tim admits that he used to "drunk text" Faith Hill.  And he says that was part of his motivation for getting clean and sober.   Tim reveals, "I only learned how to text because back when I was drinking, I would get in trouble when I would call my wife and she would find out I was drinking. And then I started slurring my texts and I figured hell, I gotta quit drinking." Tim quit drinking about three years ago. "Faith has kept me alive," Tim told People magazine, adding that if not for his wife, "I'd be dead."  Tim jokes that he plays the "Faith" role in his current movie, 'Country Strong,' as the sober half of a struggling couple, while Gwyneth Paltrow plays the old Tim -- a country star struggling with substance abuse.

A new TV ad for General Electric is using Alan Jackson's video for the song “Good Time” featuring a monster line dance. In the TV ad, people of various professions – from factory assembly personnel to airline pilots and flight crews – are seen participating in a massive “around the world” line dance which begins as “Good Time” is heard on a radio.  Watch a video of the ad below

Kenny Chesney will be producing a one-hour special for ESPN on former University of Tennessee football star Condredge Holloway.  It's for ESPN's year-long, Year of The Quarterback series. The documentary will air Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Chesney wore Holloway's jersey number when he played high school football and idolized the University of Tennessee QB. "Condredge has meant so much to so many and is a very important figure in my life and to the history of college football," said Chesney. Holloway was the first African-American to start at quarterback in the Southeastern Conference.

 

Billy Ray Cyrus is being sued by his former road manager for allegedly unjustly firing him and calling him "old and dumb."  Sixty-one year old Paul A. Abraham says Billy Ray and estranged wife,Tish, fired him May 1 for what he claims was only due to his age, according to Nashville's Tennessean newspaper. Abraham, who also managed Billy Ray's Tennessee farm, claims Billy Ray called him "old and dumb and don't know anything about running a farm." The lawsuit asks for $500,000 for "pain, humiliation, embarrassment and emotional distress."