Country music songwriter Brett James — known for hits like Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” and Kenny Chesney’s “When the Sun Goes Down” — has died in a plane crash alongside his wife and ...

FILE - Musician Brett James and his wife Sandy appear at a pre-CMA Awards event in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File) Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett ...

Grammy-winning country songwriter Brett James, known for penning hits like "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "When The Sun Goes Down," has died in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57. "A Cirrus SR22T ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Three people are dead after a small plane flying from Nashville crashed in North Carolina Thursday afternoon, according to Macon County, NC officials and FlightAware data.

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When The Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter known for Carrie Underwood’s 2005 smash “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and Kenny Chesney’s “When the Sun Goes Down,” died Thursday in a small-engine plane crash in ...

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood and “When The Sun Goes Down” by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter who penned Carrie Underwood’s 2005 hit “Jesus Take The Wheel,” was killed on Thursday in a plane crash. He was 57 years-old. “A Cirrus SR22T crashed in a ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning writer of "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and scores of other hit country and pop songs, has died in a plane crash, authorities confirmed Friday morning. The North Carolina ...