It turns out, though, that "Downtown" was almost recorded by another country superstar.

"It was one of those songs that we heard and fell in love with and then found out that someone else had that song on hold," says Hillary Scott in an interview with the morning show team at Detroit's WYCD. "That someone was actually a girl by the name of Miranda Lambert, who I consider a good friend."

But Miranda, it turns out, didn't stand in the group's way. "She very very selflessly said 'let Lady A have it,' so we owe her a huge thank you."