Paul and Tré Corley have built Oak Tree around the music, the people who make it, and the belief that a great record begins with listening.

 

WHERE IT BEGAN

 

Growing up in Joplin, Missouri, Paul and Tré traveled and performed alongside their late brother, Sam III, as part of their family’s gospel music ministry. They learned their craft in a small family studio—recording, experimenting, and developing the instincts that would shape their careers.

 

In 1997, the brothers moved to Nashville. In 1999, Paul and Tré co-founded Oak Tree Productions in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

 

Through gospel, Christian, worship, country, pop, R&B, rock, and inspirational music, their approach has stayed consistent: make great music, serve the artist, and create something that matters.

 

PAUL CORLEY

 

Paul Corley is a two-time Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, mixer, producer, and audio professional whose career spans studio recording, television, and live production.

 

Paul earned his first Grammy for his engineering and mixing work on Jason Crabb’s self-titled album, which won Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. He earned his second as part of CeCe Winans’ Believe For It, winner of Best Gospel Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

 

His engineering, production, and audio work includes projects by Jason Crabb, CeCe Winans, The Crabb Family, David Phelps, Karen Peck & New River, Wess Morgan, and others. His ear for great sound has helped shape Oak Tree from its earliest days.

 

TRÉ CORLEY

 

Tré Corley is a Grammy and Dove Award-winning producer, musician, arranger, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and music director whose career spans more than three decades of recording, television, live performance, and artist development. He began recording at age five, playing drums on his first record in his family’s studio.

 

His work across recording and live performance includes CeCe Winans, Donnie McClurkin, Jason Crabb, Michael W. Smith, TobyMac, The Isaacs, Sam Moore, Meat Loaf, Bobby Caldwell, The Spinners, Debby Boone, Victor Wooten, Sara Evans, Clint Black, Lorrie Morgan, The Cowsills, Melinda Doolittle, Flat River Band, Caleb Johnson, Michael Omartian, and John Schlitt.

 

Tré received a Grammy for his engineering work on CeCe Winans’ Believe For It and a Dove Award for his production work with Donnie McClurkin. In 2024, his mixing work was part of the Dove Award-winning long-form video The Great Adventure: Steven Curtis Chapman.

 

His longtime creative partnership with Donnie McClurkin has produced two No. 1 gospel singles: “I Need You” and the 2026 Billboard Gospel Airplay No. 1 “Better Afterwhile.” Recent work includes additional production for McClurkin’s forthcoming album and a completed album with Chris Blue, winner of NBC’s The Voice.

 

From 2017 through January 2025, Tré served as Music Producer and Music Director for Huckabee on Trinity Broadcasting Network, where he created and led the show’s house band, The Music City Connection, across nearly eight seasons of weekly television.

 

In January 2025, Tré Corley & The Music City Connection were featured entertainment at the Southern States Ball during the 60th Presidential Inauguration. Today, Tré continues producing records, arranging and mixing music, leading live events, and performing with the band.