Texas Forever is the debut studio album by American country music singer Hudson Westbrook. It was released on July 25, 2025, through a partnership between Warner Music Nashville and River House Artists.
Content Westbrook co-wrote all 17 tracks on Texas Forever and the album was produced by Lukas Scott, with additional production on several tracks by Ryan Youmans. The album's title and central theme serves as a tribute to Westbrook's upbringing in Texas: "I'm so proud of this record. I love Texas, it's shaped so much about who I am. We wrote 50-60 songs for this project and narrowed it down to 17 that I think really represent where I am in my life right now and what I love making as an artist: songs that sound like where I grew up, but read like something that just about anyone could relate to." The album features a collaboration with Mackenzie Carpenter ("Lie to Me").
"House Again" was released as the album's lead single and Westbrook's first to country radio on February 24, 2025. Initially released as a promotional single in October 2024 via River House, it amassed over 45 million streams on Spotify, leading to a record deal with Warner Music Nashville and it being jointly promoted to radio.
Chart performance Texas Forever debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians
Hudson Westbrook – lead vocals Lukas Scott – background vocals (tracks 1–4, 8–14, 16, 17), 12-string acoustic guitar (3, 4); acoustic guitar, Dobro, bass, electric guitar (8) Rob McNelley – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11) Mark Hill – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 9–11) Jimmy Wallace – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 10, 11) Delaney Ramsdell – background vocals (1, 2) Andy Ellison – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 9, 11, 17), steel guitar (1, 9, 11, 17) Jerry Roe – drums (1, 11) Chris McHugh – drums (2, 4, 5, 8, 10) Tim Galloway – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 10), mandolin (2, 5, 10) Matt King – drums (3, 6, 7, 12–17) Gideon Klein – bass (3, 17), steel guitar (3), keyboards (9) Nathan Keeterle – electric guitar (3, 9, 17) Jonny Fung – keyboards (3, 9, 17) Kaylin Roberson – background vocals (5, 7, 15, 17) Austin Addams – electric guitar (6, 7, 12–16), keyboards (7, 12, 14–16), mandolin (13), acoustic guitar (15, 16), banjo (16) Ryan Youmans – bass (6, 7, 12–16) Devin Malone – acoustic guitar (6, 7, 12–14) Joe Spivey – fiddle (6, 13) Jenee Fleenor – fiddle (8, 11) MacKenzie Carpenter – background vocals (8) Eddy Dunlap – steel guitar (12, 14)
Technical and visuals Lukas Scott – production (all tracks), engineering (1–12, 14–16), vocal production (13) Ryan Youmans – production, mixing (6, 7, 12–16); engineering (12, 14–16) Hudson Westbrook – production (13) Andrew Boullianne – engineering (1, 11) Grant Morgan – engineering (2, 4, 5, 8, 10) Trent Woodman – engineering (3, 9, 17) F. Reid Shippen – mixing (1–5, 8–11, 17) Brandon Towles – mixing (1–5, 8–11, 17) Raclynn Janicke – mastering Peyton Dollar – photography Ian Noh – photography Mike Dupree – creative direction Madelyn Ormond – design
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Texas Forever Chart (2025) Peakposition US Billboard 200 59 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 10
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Texas Forever Chart (2025) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 59
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