Country music songwriter Brett James — known for hits like Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” and Kenny Chesney’s “When the Sun Goes Down” — has died in a plane crash alongside his wife and ...

Musician Brett James and his wife Sandy appear at a pre-CMA Awards event in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)(AP/Jeff Christensen) Grammy award-winning country ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter known for Carrie Underwood's 2005 smash "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and Kenny Chesney's "When the Sun Goes Down," died Thursday in a small-engine plane crash in ...

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood and “When The Sun Goes Down” by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...