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"The Sing Off" Winners On Their Faithful Foundation

Acapella group Home Free won NBC's "The Sing Off" in 2014. Now they're here to share their faith, sing, and discuss how life has changed. Read Transcript


The group, Home Free, burst on the scene a few years ago,

but that doesn't mean that they're a new group.

They've spent the last 10 years performing on college campuses,

at county fairs, and for Fortune 500 companies.

Now, the world is taking notice.

REPORTER: America fell in love with the sweet harmony

of a cappella group, Home Free, during season 4

of NBC's "The Sing Off."

[MUSIC - HOME FREE, "GOOD OL' COUNTRY HARMONY"]

ALL: (SINGING) Won't you sing for me.

Sing for me, yeah.

REPORTER: The group has been singing together

for over a decade.

But since their win, their popularity has skyrocketed.

They've been busy releasing albums and touring the US.

Today, they'll share a big dose of country style

Christmas spirit, singing from their new album, "Full

of (Even More) Cheer."

[MUSIC - HOME FREE, "GOOD OL' COUNTRY HARMONY"]

ALL: (SINGING) Just one thing that'll

kick off more perfectly.

Well, with us now are the members of Home Free.

And we welcome them to the 700 Club-- all of you.

Hello.

I'm gonna ask Austin-- right?

Yes, ma'am.

That's right.

I'm gonna ask you to introduce everybody, if you will.

Absolutely.

My pleasure.

Yeah.

Down here on the end, we have got Adam Chance.

Hi, Adam.

He's our baritone.

He also sings bass sometimes.

This is Rob Lundquist.

He's our lead tenor--

Nice to meet you.

--and in-house lovable Teddy bear.

[LAUGHTER] That's a good [INAUDIBLE].

This is Tim.

He's got the money voice.

He sings all the low notes.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Hi, Tim.

AUSTIN: It's just good to hear him talk.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Oh, yeah.

And then we've got Adam Rupp.

He's our beatboxer extraordinaire.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Nice to have you here.

So how did you get to "The Sing Off"?

How did that happen for you all?

Actually, the group had auditioned all three times--

or four times-- that the show had come on.

But it was the first time this particular lineup

had auditioned together.

And so I guess the magic happened.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: And they said that you offered something

that they didn't have at that time.

How do you describe your style?

Well, it's sort of dumb luck.

We're the first ever--

TERRY MEEUWSEN: A lot of life is.

Isn't it?

[LAUGHTER]

Right.

--all vocal country group.

Wow.

And it's not something we necessarily set out to do.

It just happened, and the world responded.

But you've been singing for a long time.

I imagine all of you-- even though bringing the group

together has been a more recent scenario for you.

But a lot of you grew up singing in church.

How did that impact what you do?

Oh, yeah.

A lot of us grew up in church.

Adam's mother still plays in church.

My father was a southern gospel singer.

He had a group for a while-- traveled

all over the southeastern United States.

So I did that with him a lot.

I was in every kind of church that there is-- just

about-- singing with him.

I just grew up in that culture.

And, yeah, so that was a big part of my musical inspiration.

And here we are now.

And that's true for a lot of people

that you hear in the music industry--

Oh, absolutely.

Yeah.

--that they started in church, that there are just some--

Everybody started at church.

--roots.

And there's some message and some soul there that just

impacts everything that you do.

So after you won "The Sing Off," you've been--

was it two years ago your first album released in 2014--

That's right.

Yeah.

--was it?

And now, you're ninth?

Tell me about that.

TIM: Well, we just released a special edition

of our Christmas album.

And people really respond to a cappella Christmas music

so it works out well for us.

So here you are.

You're life on the road, [LAUGHTER]

which is a challenge in itself.

I've done just a little bit of that

compared to what you're doing.

How do you balance that with your real life?

TIM: It can be tricky.

But we've kind of got it down to a science at this point.

Some of the guys have families at home.

And luckily, with the new age of technology,

you're able to really keep in touch with people.

And these new fathers here are able to video chat--

How many of you are dads?

Really?

--with their little girls.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much.

Adam, congratulations.

That's great.

So Skype is your new friend, huh? [LAUGHTER]

Right.

All the time.

And we all have such a great support system around us,

as well.

Absolutely.

That's wonderful.

Do you see yourselves doing this long term?

I hope so.

We'll do it as long as people will listen.

AUSTIN: Yeah.

Absolutely.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: That's awesome.

What do you want people to take away from the new release--

the Christmas release?

We just want people to be uplifted

by listening to our music.

And it seems like they are.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yeah.

It's a wonderful thing.

I don't know about everybody at home,

but I'm always looking for wonderful music

that you can put on in your house that just kind

of enhances the spirit of Christmas

and that pulls everything together.

You've got a great sound.

Everybody is singing your praises.

And it must be really fun to connect together and finally

get the opportunity to do what you have a passion and a love

for.

Absolutely.

So we want to hear from you in just a moment.

But if you want even more, get their album.

It's called "Full of (Even More) Cheer."

You can get a digital download online, or the CD,

which is sold exclusively at Walmart.

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