Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

Lyle Lovett is an americana singer-songwriter and actor from Klein, Texas, who has been described as “the thinking man’s cowboy”. While typically associated with the alt-country genre, his albums typically incorporate folk , swing , blues , jazz and gospel music as well as more traditional country & western styles. The four-time Grammy winner has acted in a number of films and been a guest-star on television. Lovett was married to actress Julia Roberts for a short time in the mid-1990s. In