William Kenneth Alphin (born November 1, 1963), best known by his stage name Big Kenny, is an American country music singer.
He and John Rich comprise the duo Big & Rich, who recorded four studio albums and charted fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Before Big & Rich, Big Kenny recorded a solo album Live a Little for Hollywood Records in 1999 (although it was not released until 2005) and fronted a band called luvjOi.
He has also written or co-written several of Big & Rich's songs with Rich, as well as singles for Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean, McBride & the Ride, and Tim McGraw.
His first solo single, "Long After I'm Gone," was released to country radio on August 3, 2009 from the album The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy.
In 2010, his second solo album, Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show Mix Tape, Vol.