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It’s all about commitment For King & Country

For King & Country is Luke and Joel Smallbone. They will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday.
For King & Country is Luke and Joel Smallbone. They will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday. For King & Country is Luke and Joel Smallbone. They will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday.

If you go

› What: For King & Country› When: 7 p.m. Sunday, March 17› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Admission: $59.50, $39.50, $29.50› Phone: 423-757-5580› Online: tivolichattanooga.com

When Luke Smallbone’s wife, Courtney Smallbone, was pregnant with their second child, she became addicted to anti-nausea medication. She called her husband, who was getting ready to perform in Austin, Texas, with his brother, Joel, as For King & Country, and told him he needed to come home right away.

“We have a policy that if something extreme happens like that, we cover for each other and I covered for him,” Joel said.

“We put him on a plane right away and he flew back to Nashville.”

photo For King & Country is Luke and Joel Smallbone. They will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday.

Courtney got the help she needed, and weeks later Luke found her standing over the toilet ready to flush the pills, and the addiction away.