Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet Will Miss ACMs Due To COVID

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

April 15th, 2021 3:41 PM

Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet will not be performing on the ACM Awards on Sunday (4/18) because he is positive for COVID-19.

The rest of the band will be performing on the show without Phillip. Kimberly Schlapman told Taste of Country that he is recovering but not well enough to be in public.

Schlapman said Sweet is in the band’s thoughts, and she even brought him chicken and dumplings as to help him to feel better (left on his doorstep, of course).

Little Big Town are nominated in the Vocal Group of the Year category at Sunday’s ACM Awards, which airs live on CBS at 8PM ET.

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  Phillip Sweet, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads and Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town pose for photos onstage during the rehearsals for Academy of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 22, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet of LBT with children backstage at the 5th annual Ride for a Cure Afternoon Jam hosted by Little Big Town on the Streets of Nashville and Harley Davidson Columbia on June 12, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  David Nail, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook both of Little Big Town, Jake Owen and Jerrod Niemann backstage at the 5th annual Ride for a Cure Afternoon Jam hosted by Little Big Town on the Streets of Nashville and Harley Davidson Columbia on June 12, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Jimi Westbrook of musical group Little Big Town performs onstage during ACM Stories, Songs & Stars: A Songwriter's Event Benefiting ACM Lifting Lives at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on April 13, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town attend the 2014 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 4, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Phillip Sweet, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town attend the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town attend the 2018 Symphony Fashion Show at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on April 17, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town speak onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town accept an award onstage at 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Roads, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook of the group Little Big Town pose in the press room at the 41st Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook of musical group Little Big Town attend the 2019 CMT Music Award at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Little Big Town and Family, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillips Sweet backstage at the 5th annual Ride for a Cure Afternoon Jam hosted by Little Big Town on the Streets of Nashville and Harley Davidson Columbia on June 12, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
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  Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town attend the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on August 23, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town attend the 2016 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town pose in the press room after winning the award for Vocal Group of the Year during the 48th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 5, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town speak onstage during the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town perform on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town perform on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town performs on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town attends Save the Children's "The Centennial Gala: Changing The World for Children" gala at The Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom on September 12, 2019 in New York City

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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