"Thank God for Kids" is the title of a song written by Eddy Raven

Eddy Raven

Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962...

 and recorded by the 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...

 band The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...

. It was the only single from their 1982 Christmas album The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas. The song spent sixteen weeks on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts and peaked at number three.

In 2004, Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...

 covered the song for his Christmas album All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan

All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan

All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan is the eighth album of country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 7, 2003. His first album of Christmas music, it was certified gold in the U.S....

. His version spent one week at number 60 on the country singles charts in January 2004. In 2011, John Rich

John Rich (musician)

John Rich is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist...

 covered the song for his extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, For the Kids

For the Kids (EP)

For the Kids is the second Extended Play by American country music artist John Rich, one half of the duo Big & Rich. Rich contributed to the writing of three of the six total tracks. The EP was released on May 17, 2011, coinciding with the release of John Rich's other EP, Rich Rocks...

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The Oak Ridge Boys

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	24

Kenny Chesney

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	60