Miranda Lambert Puts Her Own Spin On Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” In First Live Cover
on Dec 29, 2025
As a proud Texas native, Miranda Lambert couldn’t resist putting her own spin on Ella Langley’s recent hit, “Choosin’ Texas.”
Lambert covered the song over the weekend while playing a show in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Surprisingly, this was her first time singing the song live, even though she helped co-write it.
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” was first released on October 17 and quickly went on to hit the No. 1 spot on the Hot Country Songs chart. In it, Langley sings about losing a love who ended up falling for a girl from Texas.
And even though it’s a heartbreak song, the story behind how it came to be is actually pretty funny.
Before the track’s official release, Langley shared how she and Lambert came up with the lyrics.
It turns out, it happened completely by accident during a writer’s retreat they attended last year. The two country stars were chatting when Lambert told Langley a hilarious story about something that happened to her years ago.
“She told me she had a pet kangaroo, and she was doing something, she was driving down a dirt road, and the kangaroo was in the back seat, and the dog was in the front seat. There was a lot going on,” she explained.
Langley continued, “Then she got pulled over with a kangaroo in the passenger seat. And I was like, ‘This story’s as good as I thought it would be.’ She said the lady cop pulled her over, and she’s like, ‘Of course I have Texas plates on the back of my car.’”
After hearing such a crazy story, Langley’s mind immediately started going wild with ideas.
“I was walking to the bathroom and I started to go, ‘She’s from Texas, I can tell by the way he’s two-steppin’ around the room.’ And Miranda was walking behind me to the bathroom, a separate one, and she was like, ‘Wait a minute…And from there, I think the song fell out in about 30 minutes…”
Watch Miranda Lambert Sing “Choosin’ Texas”
On Saturday, December 27, Lambert took the stage in a denim button-up and matching jeans as she belted out the country tune.
However, she couldn’t help but give her own little twist at the end to show her pride in being a true Texas lady.
Lambert sang the song’s last few lyrics:
“It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see / A cowboy always finds a way to leave / Drinkin’ Jack all by myself / He’s choosing Texas, I can tell, no / Drinkin’ Jack all by myself / He’s choosin’ Texas, I can tell“
At the end, though, she added the line “Dang right he is!”
Watch Miranda Lambert perform Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” in the video below.
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