Carrie Underwood is remembering one of her most loyal songwriters, Brett James. A day after James died in a plane crash , the country queen shared a touching tribute, honoring his life and their work together over many decades.

“Some things are just unfathomable. The loss of Brett James to his family, friends and our music community is too great to put into words,” Underwood wrote Friday. “Brett was the epitome of ‘cool.’ I see him in my mind riding up to my cabins to write on his motorcycle…his hair somehow perfectly coiffed despite being under a helmet for however long.”

James — who was also a songwriter for Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, and Jason Aldean — was reportedly piloting a Cirrus SR22T plane, which took off from Nashville’s John C. Tune Airport on Thursday afternoon befor

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