 Hughes is featured as a duet partner on the track "That's All It Took" from Patty Loveless's 2008 album "Sleepless Nights".He is featured on three tracks from Sarah Buxton's self-titled debut album, which was released on 23 February 2010.Hughes was a part of the platinum selling Little Big Town record "Tornado" where he played guitar and co-wrote "Self Made".