50 Best Country Songs About Peace

Top Country Songs That Carry a Feeling of Peace

There’s a strange thing that happens when a song feels calm without being dull. Peace in country music rarely sounds like silence. It’s the slow burn of a steel guitar, a lyric that steadies the air, or a voice that feels like it’s been through storms and come out quiet. Some of these tracks are wide-open spaces you can step into, others lean on a front porch kind of stillness. And while plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs circle the same idea, country music seems to hold that hush in a way that feels lived-in.

Not every track is a straight sermon on peace. Some only graze the idea, holding it in a line or buried in the tone of the chorus. Others sound more like truce than harmony, or like someone making peace with themselves rather than the world. That counts too. What matters is the way the music settles into the background of your own noise, pulling things down to a slower heartbeat. These songs may not literally speak on peace, but they carry the mood that makes the word land softer.

Peace can sound like a gospel echo rolling out of a small town church or like a country singer finding quiet in the middle of heartbreak. It can feel worn-in, hopeful, or even a little fragile. Country music tends to keep those moments close, less polished than the easy slogans but heavier in the best way. These are the tracks that reach for calm and actually manage to hold onto it, even for a few minutes. Here are the best country songs for peace.

1. 'Peace, Love, and Cowboys' by Lainey Wilson

2. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver

3. 'Simple Man' by Lynyrd Skynyrd

4. 'Bless the Broken Road' by Rascal Flatts

5. 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack

6. 'Peace' by Kenny Rogers

7. 'Peace in the Valley' by Johnny Cash

8. 'Better Together' by Luke Combs

9. 'Finding Peace' by Zach Smith

10. 'Give Me Back My Home' by Eric Church

11. 'I'll Take the Blame' by Ricky Skaggs

12. 'A Simple Life' by Liz Monroe

13. 'I Walk the Line' by Johnny Cash

14. 'Everything I Love' by Morgan Wallen

15. 'Through It All' by Tim McGraw

16. 'Wide Open Spaces' by The Chicks

17. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

18. 'Humble and Kind' by Tim McGraw

19. 'My Wish' by Rascal Flatts

20. 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Morgan Wallen

21. 'My Life' by Billy Joel

22. 'In the Garden' by Alan Jackson

23. 'God's Got a Way' by Zach Williams

24. 'What a Wonderful World' by Willie Nelson

25. 'Islands in the Stream' by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

26. 'I Hope You're Happy Now' by Lee Brice

27. 'You Say' by Lauren Daigle

28. 'Something That Matters' by Zach Smith

29. 'The Sound of Silence' by Willie Nelson and Daughter Paula Nelson

30. 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' by Eagles

31. 'I Can Only Imagine' by MercyMe

32. 'It's a Beautiful Day' by The Levellers

33. 'Where the River Flows' by Brooks & Dunn

34. 'Live Like You Were Dying' by Tim McGraw

35. 'The Secret of Life' by James Taylor

36. 'Amazing Grace' by Alan Jackson

37. 'God Bless the Broken Road' by Rascal Flatts

38. 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks

39. 'My Life's Been a Song' by David Allan Coe

40. 'You Make It Easy' by Jason Aldean

41. 'You've Got a Friend' by James Taylor

42. 'This World Is Not My Home' by Jim Reeves

43. 'Circle of Life' by Tim McGraw

44. 'Pray About Everything' by Jason Crabb

45. 'One Day at a Time' by Dolly Parton

46. 'I Still Believe in You' by Vince Gill

47. 'The Cowboy's Prayer' by Don Williams

48. 'Stand by Me' by Johnny Cash

49. 'Walk With Me Lord' by Willie Nelson

50. 'Streetlights' by Jason Isbell