years_active birth_place label article_title background instrument origin name occupation
2012 -- present lorena , texas arista nashville kristen kelly
 solo_singer vocals nashville , tennessee kristen kelly singer
kristen kelly

kristen kelly is an american country music singer from lorena , texas .
she is signed to arista nashville and has released her debut single , `` ex-old man '' .
the song is the first from her forthcoming debut album , produced by tony brown and paul overstreet .
country universe gave the song a b + , praising the sound as `` back-to-basics '' .
it debuted at number 60 on the hot country songs chart dated may 12 , 2012 .
kelly has also joined brad paisley 's 2012 virtual reality world tour .
there has been controversy over her debut single using a riff without permission from new zealand band omc 's single `` how bizarre '' , which reached number one in the us in 1997 .
