The Wrights (duo)

{{Short description|American country music duo}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Wrights

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| background = group_or_band

| origin = Atlanta, Georgia, United States

| genre = Country

| years_active = 1998–present

| label = Alan's Country Records/RCA

| associated_acts = Alan Jackson

| current_members = Adam Wright
Shannon Wright

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The Wrights is an American country music duo composed of husband and wife Adam Wright and Shannon Wright. Adam Wright is also the nephew of country music artist Alan Jackson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/music/content/music/cds/0505/17thewrights.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025004845/http://www.accessatlanta.com/music/content/music/cds/0505/17thewrights.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2007|title=The Wrights: 'Down This Road' | AccessAtlanta|date=October 25, 2007}}

Adam and Shannon Wright met in 1998 after he filled in for a musician in her band in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/news/a/blwrights_cma.htm|title=Alan Jackson — Precious Memories: Live at the Ryman|website=Countrymusic.about.com|access-date=2007-06-12|archive-date=2011-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075149/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/news/a/blwrights_cma.htm|url-status=dead}} The two started out writing songs together, eventually marrying and moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2002.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p694133/biography|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic ((( The Wrights > Biography )))] Two of the duo's songs can be found on Jackson's 2004 album What I Do.

A year later, the Wrights' debut album, Down This Road, was released on Jackson's personal label, ACR (Alan's Country Records), in association with RCA Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wrights_the/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405092555/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wrights_the/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2005|title=The Wrights Bio — The Wrights Career|website=Cmt.com}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007735.html|title=The Wrights, Superstar Alan Jackson's First Signing To His ACR Label, Release Debut Album May 3|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093600/http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007735.html|archivedate=2007-02-11}} Adam and Shannon wrote all of the songs on their album.{{cite web|url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33702.asp|title=The Wrights — Down This Road|website=Bellaonline.com}} A self-titled, eight-song EP and a second album, In the Summertime, both followed in 2008.