Fact1: Kelly is checked out of rehab month early by James, Fact2: James wants her to go to restore image, Fact3: Beau On night of dismisses Chiles Chiles performance, Fact4: steps in and begins to sing Friends in Low Places, Fact5: JJ is dissuaded by Kelly 's offer of sex
Output: Beau sings with Kelly, a recovering alcoholic going through rehab. He is clearly smitten by her, and it is later revealed that the two have been having an affair, even though Kelly is married to James. Kelly is checked out of rehab a month early by James, who wants her to go on a threecity tour to restore her image. She agrees on the condition that Beau becomes her opening act. James has already planned to see Chiles Stanton, a beauty queen with potential to become a rising singer, perform that night in hopes that she will be Kellys opener instead. On the night of Chiles performance, Beau dismisses Chiles as a Country Barbie and does not want her on the tour. Chiles performance nearly falls apart as she gets stage fright and can not sing; however, Beau steps in and begins to sing Friends in Low Places. The two sing the song together, and it gives Chiles the courage to continue on her own. James is impressed by Beaus performance, and offers the opening act to both of them. He suggests that Beau and Chiles could make quite the duo, but Beau disagrees. Nevertheless, Beau agrees to go on the tour because he cares about Kelly. The first show is a disaster: before going on, Kelly receives an anonymous package containing a bloody baby doll with a note reading Baby Killer, referring to the baby Kelly miscarried when she fell off the stage in Dallas during her last concert before she went into rehab. At that concert, she was five months pregnant and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.19 when she was in the hospital for the injuries related to the fall. Kelly falls apart, starts drinking, and almost refuses to go on. However, she is coerced into going on stage by James. She begins to sing Country Strong but breaks down on stage. She attempts to try another song, A Fighter, but breaks down again and is led off stage by her husband, ending the show. They tell the media at a press conference that they had to cancel the show due to food poisoning and head off to the next show. Beau ends his relationship with Kelly, and begins to spend more time with Chiles, whose fame has been increasing as the tour progresses. Chiles and Beau form a bond and Beau lets go of his earlier hostilities towards her. She even finishes the chorus to his song Give in to Me. Later, Beau confronts James about Kellys worsening condition. James insists that Kelly may get better, and says that he cant let her go out with a failure. Beau disagrees and subtly admits their affair. Enraged, James punches him in the jaw. Before the next show in Austin, Kelly is unable to go on stage after drinking. Beau and Chiles still do their opening act, where they perform Give in to Me for the first time together. JJ, Kellys agent, nearly cancels the tour but is dissuaded by Kellys offer of sex; having witnessed this, Beau becomes frustrated with Kelly. That same night, Chiles and Beau have sex, and Beau confesses to Chiles that he likes her. In Dallas, Beau gives Chiles a pair of starshaped earrings and asks her to move with him to California. Chiles immediately agrees, but then asks for more time to consider the offer. The two perform and Kelly comes out, this time sober and ready, and performs her entire set for the first time. Kelly performs Country Strong, Shake That Thing, and Coming Home. After the concert, James and JJ immediately begin making plans for Kellys future. That night, Kelly commits suicide by overdosing on prescription medication. She leaves a letter to Beau, echoing his earlier words that Love and fame cant live in the same place. In the letter, she gives him the advice to choose love. Beau takes her advice, and after Kellys funeral, he moves to California. Later on, Beau is singing in a bar in California, when Chiles walk in, wearing the earrings he gave her. They begin singing Give in to Me together.