In 1997, Chris released Stealing Second and Nickel Creek released Here to There. In 1995, the Thile family moved to Murray, Kentucky, where Chris' father Scott Thile accepted a position at Murray State University as a musical instrument technician. The next year, Chris Thile released his first solo album, Leading Off, featuring mostly original compositions. Both labels showed interest, but the Thiles went with Sugar Hill. That same year, 1993, Thile made a demo tape and sent it to the Sugar Hill and Rounder record labels. At age twelve, he won the mandolin championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. The band performed at many California bluegrass festivals, and as a result Chris had to be home-schooled. At age eight, Thile's family and the Watkins family formed Nickel Creek. Thile began playing the mandolin at the age of five, taking occasional lessons from John Moore.

When Thile was four, his family moved to Idyllwild, California. When he was two, his family started going to That Pizza Place, where he listened to John Moore's band Bluegrass Etc. His earliest memories of music are listening to Stan Getz's recording of 'The Girl from Ipanema' before he even turned one year old. Thile was born in Oceanside, California, in 1981. History 1981–1999: Early life and career īaseball Hall of Fame member Sam Thompson is Thile's great-great-great-great-uncle. Coffee and Thile have a son named Calvin Eugene Thile, born on May 15, 2015. Thile married actress Claire Coffee on December 23, 2013. The couple divorced in 2004, after 18 months of marriage.

In 2003, Thile married fashion designer Jesse Meighan. In 2008, Thile released a collaboration album with bassist Edgar Meyer, and he also plans to release a collaborative album with Hilary Hahn. Thile has also released solo albums, including Not All Who Wander Are Lost (2001) and 2004's Deceiver, on which he wrote, composed, sang, and played every part. In 2005, Nickel Creek released Why Should the Fire Die?, which received critical acclaim and sold 250,000 units. Later albums included Nickel Creek and This Side, which went platinum and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album, respectively. Their first album, Little Cowpoke, was released on December 31, 1993. The three members of Nickel Creek met in 1989 at Carlsbad, California's That Pizza Place, listening to weekly bluegrass shows with their parents.

2.5 A Prairie Home Companion / Live From Here.

2.3 2006–present: Punch Brothers and Edgar Meyer project.

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