Joe Nichols is an American country music singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in Rogers, Arkansas. His father, who worked a trucker, also played bass guitar in a local country band; eventually, Joe himself found work in a local rock band, before taking a job as a country disc jockey. At age twenty, he made his debut in 1996 with a self-titled album on the independent Intersound label. However, it was not until the release of his 2002 single "The Impossible" that Nichols gained recognition, as well as critical acclaim for his neotraditionalist country style. The single, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, was followed by the release of his platinum-certified second album, Man with a Memory which earned Nichols a Top New Male Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music, as well as three Grammy Award nominations; this album also produced the Number One single "Brokenheartsville".

Nichols followed up Man with a Memory in 2004 with Revelation (which included the Top Ten hit "If Nobody Believed in You"), and an album of Christmas music entitled A Traditional Christmas. His fourth album, 2005's gold-certified III, produced his biggest hit to date in the Number One single "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off".

In 2007, Nichols released the album Real Things, which produced the Top 20 hits "Another Side of You" and "It Ain't No Crime".

Joe Nichols married Heather Singleton on September 9, 2007, in Savannah, Georgia. He had known Singleton since they were both 18 years old.