50 Best Country Songs About Heaven

Country Music That Imagines Life in Heaven

There’s a certain kind of quiet that shows up when people start picturing the afterlife. Not the painted-glass version from postcards, but something smaller, softer, and personal. You might be standing in the kitchen staring out a window, or driving a long stretch of backroad when the thought hits. The right song lands and it feels like a hand on your shoulder. Country music has a way of making that moment sharper, mixing hope with the weight of what came before. These tracks hold the ache and the light in the same breath without sanding down either.

It’s not the same tone you get from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that chase big dramatic swells. Here the lyrics linger on Sunday mornings, open fields, and the idea that the people you miss might be closer than you think. The voices carry a mix of comfort and grit, the kind that sounds like it has been through something and came out believing in better days. Some of these tracks lean gentle and steady, others have that full-band swell that makes you want to sing along through a lump in your throat.

The pull of these songs comes from how they live in the in-between, speaking to both loss and reunion without rushing to tie it all together. They sit with the questions, let the space breathe, and make it feel alright to imagine a place where things are whole again. Here are the best country songs that picture Heaven.

1. 'When I Get Where I'm Going'—Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton

2. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill

3. 'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away'—Justin Moore

4. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner

5. 'I Saw God Today'—George Strait

6. 'Three Wooden Crosses'—Randy Travis

7. 'If I Had a Boat'—Lyle Lovett

8. 'See You Again'—Carrie Underwood

9. 'Angels Among Us'—Alabama

10. 'Temporary Home'—Carrie Underwood

11. 'Believe'—Brooks & Dunn

12. 'There You'll Be'—Faith Hill

13. 'Jesus Take the Wheel'—Carrie Underwood

14. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones

15. 'One More Day'—Diamond Rio

16. 'Sissy's Song'—Alan Jackson

17. 'Drink a Beer'—Luke Bryan

18. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice

19. 'If I Could Be There'—Alan Jackson

20. 'If You're Reading This'—Tim McGraw

21. 'You Should Be Here'—Cole Swindell

22. 'The Dance'—Garth Brooks

23. 'Where I Find God'—Larry Fleet

24. 'Where No One Stands Alone'—Elvis Presley

25. 'Ill Fly Away'—Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

26. 'I Wish You Well'—Lifebreakthrough

27. 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee'—Patsy Cline

28. 'That's What I Love About Sunday'—Craig Morgan

29. 'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore'—Chris Stapleton

30. 'Forever Home'—Chris Tomlin featuring Florida Georgia Line

31. 'I Believe'—Diamond Rio

32. 'The Old Man Said'—Aaron Watson

33. 'Me and Jesus'—Tom T. Hall

34. 'The Man Who Can'—Dirty Grass Soul

35. 'Heaven Help My Heart'—Wynonna Judd

36. 'The Other Side'—Lauren Alaina

37. 'Unanswered Prayers'—Garth Brooks

38. 'Bless the Broken Road'—Rascal Flatts

39. 'My Jesus'—Anne Wilson

40. 'Ride Around Heaven'—Luke Combs

41. 'When We All Get to Heaven'—2nd Chance

42. 'Ten Thousand Angels Cried'—LeAnn Rimes

43. 'If I Give My Soul'—Billy Joe Shaver

44. 'God Must Really Love Me'—Craig Morgan

45. 'The Heaven I'm Headed To'—Dierks Bentley

46. 'I'd Rather Have Jesus'—Loretta Lynn

47. 'When It's My Time'—Brent Cobb

48. 'Just as I Am'—Alan Jackson

49. 'My Old Man'—Zac Brown Band

50. 'I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk'—Randy Travis