"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" is a song written by Mark Gray, Les Taylor and Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke.
 It was released in August 1982 as the first single from the album "It Ain't Easy".
 "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" was Janie Fricke's second number one on the country chart as a solo artist.
 The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.
Aeroplane was the third solo album released by Curt Smith, member of the British pop band Tears for Fears.
Halfway, pleased is the third solo album by British pop musician Curt Smith, co-founder of Tears for Fears.
 It was released on May 20, 2008.
Curt Smith (born March 20, 1951 in Caledonia, New York) is an American author, media host and columnist.
 In addition to work as a newspaper reporter, Smith was a political speechwriter until 1992 and a host of radio and television programs until 2002.
 He has written 11 books, including "Voices of the Game", which covers the history of baseball broadcasting.
 Smith is a newspaper columnist in upstate New York and holds an academic appointment at the University of Rochester.
Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne.
 It was released in 1991 on the Epic label.
 Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor.
 The album reached No. 55 on the "Billboard" Country Albums chart.
 Allmusic's Bil Carpenter gave "Soft Talk" a star rating of three out of five and described it as "defiant, emotionally draining country."
 People considered the album "more subdued" but a "pleasing package".
Curt Smith (born 24 June 1961) is an English musician.
 He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal.
 As a solo artist, he has released four solo albums.
Leslie Christopher "Les" Taylor (born December 27, 1948 in Oneida, Kentucky) is an American country music artist.
 Taylor has released two studio albums on Epic Records.
 His highest charting single, "I Gotta Mind to Go Crazy," peaked at No. 44 in 1991.
"Change" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears.
 Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's fourth single release.
 It would eventually become the second hit from their debut LP "The Hurting" (1983) and second UK Top 5 chart hit, following the success of "Mad World".
 The song also gave Tears for Fears their first charting single in the United States when it cracked the "Billboard" Top 100 in August 1983.
 "Change" was also a big international success, reaching the Top 40 in numerous countries.
Soul On Board was the first solo album by Curt Smith, member of the British pop band Tears for Fears.
 It was released on 23 August 1993.
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending is the sixth studio album by the British pop-rock band Tears for Fears, released on 14 September 2004 in the US, and 7 March 2005 in the UK and Europe.
 It was released some nine years after the previous Tears for Fears studio album, "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (1995), and was the first album featuring both original bandmembers Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith together since 1989's "The Seeds of Love".

Question: Are both musicians, Curt Smith and Les Taylor  , from the same country ?
Answer: no