Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, released on May 3, 2011, through Columbia Records. Recorded during two sold-out shows in November 2010 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, the album features Washington-native Carlile and her long-time band (including brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth) performing alongside the Seattle Symphony. Seattle-based producer and audio engineer Martin Feveyear recorded the concerts, which contained orchestral arrangements by Paul Buckmaster and Sean O'Loughlin. Carlile had previously performed with the Seattle Symphony in 2008 at the same venue.

The album contains three songs from Carlile's second studio album, The Story (2007), five from Give Up the Ghost (2009), and three covers, including Elton John's "Sixty Years On", Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence", and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (which also features Alphaville's "Forever Young"). Critical reception of Live at Benaroya Hall was positive overall. In the United States, the album reached peak positions of number sixty-three on the Billboard 200, number five on the Top Folk Albums chart, and number fourteen on the Top Rock Albums chart.

Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony was recorded at two sold-out shows in November 2010 during Carlile's tour in support of her previous studio album, Give Up the Ghost (2009). Carlile, who said that she and the band had always wanted their fourth release to be a live album, had initially hoped to record at a famous venue but decided to return to Benaroya Hall, since she had performed there alongside the symphony in 2008. Prior to the single rehearsal Carlile had with the 30-member-strong Seattle Symphony, string arrangers created charts and sent computer-generated demos to Carlile for approval. Carlile was reportedly "shock[ed]" to hear the orchestra "weaving in and out" of her music. According to Carlile, while the recording process was not complicated, she commented later on rehearsing with the full symphony:

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