Country Singer Ben Chapman of ‘Peach Jam’ Makes His ‘Became a Man’ Album

Feet on Fire is a tale of two Chapmans: half written while he was struggling to find himself, and the other after he became a father Ben Chapman rang in 2025 the same way a lot of grind-it-out songwriters did: By throwing a rager at his Nashville home. Chapman and his girlfriend at the time, Meg McRee , welcomed friends into their home, counted down to a midnight toast, and made resolutions like “Give zero fucks for the next year.” Two days later, McRee told him she wasn’t feeling well. “It lit

The shock for Chapman and McRee quickly turned into a life-changing year. They were married in the spring. In September, they welcomed their firstborn — a boy they named George. On the list of things eternally altered that holiday weekend for the 28-year-old Chapman was his latest studio album, Feet on Fire , which dropped this past Friday. He had been about halfway through recording what became a 12-track project — his first record since 2024’s Downbeat — when he and McRee got the news that they were going to be parents. “I had about six songs done that I knew for sure were going on there,” Chapman says. “The other six were during that period of, ‘Oh my God, my life is gonna change. I don’t know what this looks like. We are so excited, but scared as fuck.’ It was a two-part record.” With Anderson East — who had previously produced Downbeat — at the controls, Chapman worked through the uncertainty with songs steeped in change, new beginnings, and hope. “All 12 songs fit together,” Chapman says. “It’s by far my favorite record that I’ve ever been a part of. I think I dig it because it’s so true.

Key points

• The shock for Chapman and McRee quickly turned into a life-changing year.
• They were married in the spring.
• In September, they welcomed their firstborn — a boy they named George.
• On the list of things eternally altered that holiday weekend for the 28-year-old Chapman was his latest studio album, Feet on Fire , which dropped this past Friday.
• He had been about halfway through recording what became a 12-track project — his first record since 2024’s Downbeat — when he and McRee got the news that they were going to be parents.