Ben Hayslip is an American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 songwriter.

Hayslip attended Evans High School near Augusta, Georgia where he was an All-State first baseman leading the Evans baseball team to the 1988 Georgia state championship. After graduation, Hayslip attended Georgia Southern University to play baseball where he was a member of the 1990 team that participated in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Hayslip graduated from Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University is a national public university located on a campus in Statesboro, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1906, it is part of the University System of Georgia and is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia offering 117 academic majors in a comprehensive...

 in 1994. In the same year, Hayslip moved to Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 to pursue a career in country music. He married his wife, Melissa, in 1997. They have three children, Tarver, Camden and Knox.

Hayslip has co-written many hit songs including "Put a Girl in It

Put a Girl in It

"Put a Girl in It" is the title of a song co-written by singer Rhett Akins along with Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip. The song was recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn on their 2007 album Cowboy Town, and was released in May 2008 as that album's third single. It reached number 3 on...

" by Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...

, "Barefoot and Crazy

Barefoot and Crazy

"Barefoot and Crazy" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country music artist Jack Ingram. It serves as the second single from his album, Big Dreams & High Hopes...

" by Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...

, "Gimmie That Girl

Gimmie That Girl

"Gimmie That Girl" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols...

" and "The Shape I'm In' by Joe Nichols, "Long, Slow Kisses" by Jeff Bates

Jeff Bates

Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the...

, "I'll Just Hold On

I'll Just Hold On

"I'll Just Hold On" is the title of a country music song written by Ben Hayslip, Troy Olsen, and Bryant Simpson. It was recorded by American singer Blake Shelton on his fifth studio album, Startin' Fires...

", "All About Tonight

All About Tonight (song)

"All About Tonight" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It serves as the first single from All About Tonight, his second extended play, and seventh studio release.-Content:The lyrics in All...

" and "Honey Bee" by Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton

Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...

, "All Over Me

All Over Me (Josh Turner song)

"All Over Me" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country artist Josh Turner. It was released in April 2010 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Haywire....

" by Josh Turner, "Farmer's Daughter

Farmer's Daughter (Rodney Atkins song)

"Farmer's Daughter" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Rhett Akins, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It is the fourth single from Rodney Atkins' third studio album It's America, available beginning with the June 2010 re-issue as a bonus track...

" by Rodney Atkins

Rodney Atkins

Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second...

, "Broken In" by Trent Willmon

Trent Willmon

Trent Willmon is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004. He released two albums for the label and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts before exiting Columbia in 2006...

, "Summer Thing" by Troy Olsen

Troy Olsen

Troy Olsen is an American country music singer-songwriter signed to EMI Nashville, a sister label to Capitol Records Nashville...

 and "Chicken and Biscuits" by Colt Ford

Colt Ford

Jason Farris Brown known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music artist and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts...

. Many were collaborations with fellow Georgia natives, Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...

 and Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...

. The trio of songwriters are known as the "Peach Pickers". In April 2010, "Gimme That Girl" went to number one on the country music singles charts, the first Hayslip written song to do so. Hayslip also saw Shelton take "All About Tonight" and Josh Turner take "All Over Me" to #1 in 2010. Another Hayslip collaboration, Shelton's "Honey Bee

Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song)

"Honey Bee" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country artist Blake Shelton. It was released in April 2011, and appears on his sixth studio album, Red River Blue, for Reprise Nashville.-History:...

", went to number one in 2011. Hayslip also co-wrote Martina McBride

Martina McBride

Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....

's 2011 single "I'm Gonna Love You Through It

I'm Gonna Love You Through It

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is the title of a song written by Ben Hayslip, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in July 2011 as the second single from her album Eleven.-Content:...

", Luke Bryan's current single "I Don't Want This Night To End" and Craig Morgan's current single "This Ole Boy".

Hayslip has won nine ASCAP awards for most played songs of the year. In 2006 he won for "Long, Slow Kisses" and in 2009 for "Put a Girl in It".in 2010 he won for "Barefoot And Crazy and "i'll Just Hold On" and in 2011 he won for "Gimmie That Girl", "All About Tonight", "All Over Me", "Farmers Daughter" and "The Shape I'm In".
In 2010 Hayslip received the prestigious CMA Triple Play Award for having 3 #1 songs in a twelve month period. Hayslip was also name ASCAP'S 2011 Songwriter of the Year.

In 2009, Hayslip had twenty-nine cuts by various artists.