Joel Smallbone, One-half of the Christian pop duo For King & Country who performs alongside his brother Luke Smallbone. They were named New Artist to Watch in 2012 by Billboard, and in 2015, they won two Grammy Award s in Contemporary Christian Music categories. In high school, he did background vocals for his sister and other bands in America. He and Joel previously went by the eponymous band name Joel & Luke which they then changed to Austoville before settling on For King & Country. Their first two studio albums, Crave and Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong, charted at #4 and #2 on the Top Christian Albums chart, respectively. He married singer Moriah Peters in July 2013. His brother-in-law is Foster the People bassist Jacob Fink. His father was a music promoter. He is the younger brother of Christian recording artist Rebecca St. James. ^[1]