Cole Swindell Shares The Heartwarming Item That Belonged To His Late Mother

Cole Swindell shared a glimpse of the heartwarming item he found that belongs to his late mother.

Swindell shared a video to thank his fans for listening to his latest single, “Kill A Prayer,” and said “this song obviously makes me think of my mom.” Swindell lost his mother, Carol Rainey Swindell, in September 2021. The country star said at the time he’s “gonna miss her so much.”

Swindell said the last time he was in Georgia, his home state, he was going through some of his mother’s belongings and found a locket necklace that he remembered her wearing “every single day.” Swindell’s wife, Courtney Little Swindell, opened the locket to reveal a sweet photo inside. Swindell said “I don’t even know how old I was” in the childhood photo, “but man, I remember her wearing it every day, and I know she prayed hard for me. I know I’m not the only one out there that had someone praying for them.”

Little Swindell already calls “Kill A Prayer” “one of my favorites.” The heartfelt ballad follows “One Day,” “3 Feet Tall” and “Forever To Me,” which was Swindell’s wedding song when he and his wife got married in June 2024.

Swindell joined the star-studded lineup of the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival, which is slated to take place on Saturday, May 3. The festival, hosted by iHeartRadio’s Bobby Bones, will return to Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Other artists in the lineup include Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Sam Hunt, Megan Moroney, Bailey Zimmerman and Nate Smith.

Hulu will be the Official Streaming Destination of the festival, with performances livestreamed exclusively to all Hulu subscribers at no additional cost. Additional information about the livestream will be posted across Hulu’s platform and social media channels. Fans can tune in to the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival to catch all of the action live on May 3 at 8pm ET/5pm PT (7pm CT) across iHeartCountry stations nationwide and on the free iHeartRadio app via iHeartRadio's iHeartCountry station. Tickets to the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival are available now via Ticketmaster.com.