Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)
# Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)

Christmas Together is a Christmas duets studio album by American country music artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, released by Pearl Records on November 11, 2016.

## Background

Although Trisha Yearwood had recorded with her husband Garth Brooks before and sang backing vocals on many of his songs, this album is their first joint album. It is a mix of familiar favorites and some new songs, however only some of these song are duets. It was released on November 11, 2016, the same day that Brooks' 10-disc box set, The Ultimate Collection, was released via Target. A Walmart exclusive that bundled Christmas Together with Brooks' new album Gunslinger was released a week later.

## Reception

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums and No. 2 on the Top Holiday Albums chart, with 21,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 194,800 copies in the United States as of November 2017.

The Walmart exclusive bundled with Gunslinger debuted at No. 14 with 6,600 copies sold, and reached No. 3 on that chart the following week, selling 23,000 copies that week. The bundle has sold 81,700 copies as of January 2017.

## Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

* Garth Brooks – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Bobby Wood – keyboards
* Billy Panda – acoustic guitars
* James Taylor – acoustic guitar (11), lead and backing vocals (11)
* Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars
* Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
* Stuart Duncan – mandolin
* Mike Chapman – bass
* Michael Rhodes – bass
* Sam Bacco – drums, percussion
* Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
* Rob Hajacos – fiddle
* Dennis Burnside – string, horn and woodwind arrangements
* Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
* Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals (2-6)
* Jon Mark Ivey – backing vocals (2-6)
* Shane McConnell – backing vocals (2-6)
* Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2-6)
* Kira Small – backing vocals (2-6)
* Bergen White – backing vocals (2-6), BGV arrangements (2-6)
* Kim Taylor – backing vocals (11)

The Nashville String Machine

* David Angell, Monisa Angell, Bruce Christensen, Janet Darnell, David Davidson, Beverly Drukker, Connie Ellisor, Jim Grosjean, Anthony LaMarchina, Stefan Petrescu, Carole Rabinowitz, Julie Tanner, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Katherine Vanosdale, Katelyn Westergard, Bruce Wethey, Kris Wilkinson and Karen Winklemann – strings
* Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Chris McDonald and Steve Patrick – horns
* Jimmy Bowland, Sam Levine, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet, Robbie Shankle – woodwinds

Ugly Christmas Sweater Choir

* Roy Agee, Jeff Bailey, Preston Bailey, Garth Brooks, Barry Green, Mike Haynes, Prentiss Hobbs, Sam Horowitz, Slide Jackson, John Martin, Chris McDonald, Kelsey Mire, Doug Moffet and Steve Patrick

## Production

* Mark Miller – producer
* Matthew Allen – recording, mixing
* John Kelton – additional engineer
* Don Cobb – mastering
* Eric Conn – mastering
* Independent Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
* Luellyn Latocki Hensley – art direction
* Jeff Crump – design
* Sally Carns Gulde – design
* Jeremy Cowart – photography
* Russ Harrington – photography

## Certifications

Certifications for Christmas Together :

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | $40,000^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||
