Chris Tompkins

Chris Tompkins
Birth name	Christopher G. Tompkins
Born	Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genres	Country music
Occupation(s)	Songwriter
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Big Loud Shirt Industries
Associated acts	Rodney Clawson, Carrie Underwood, Craig Wiseman, Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Tyler Hubbard Jamie Lynn Spears
Website	Tompkins at Big Loud Shirt

Christopher G. "Chris" Tompkins (born Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is an American songwriter based in Nashville. Since 2002 he has co-written songs for pop, rock, and country artists as diverse as Jimmy Buffett, Jamie Lynn Spears, Hank Williams, Jr., Rascal Flatts, and Plain White T's, and has written charting singles for artists such as Jake Owen, Daughtry, Shelly Fairchild, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, and Tim McGraw.

Tompkins has won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song, first for "Before He Cheats" sung by Carrie Underwood in 2007, and also for Underwood's 2012 song "Blown Away." Tompkins has won a number of other industry awards as well, including Songwriter of the Year by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Among his recent projects is Jason Aldean's 2014 single "Burnin' It Down", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

Chris Tompkins was born and raised in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As a teenager Tompkins started playing in a garage band and a country cover band (Keith Whitley, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson) with his good friend, country musician Jason Isbell.