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Kenny Chesney reflects on his friendship with Jimmy Buffett in new book Heart Life Music

He recalls that his first Jimmy Buffett show "changed my life" before the two later became friends and collaborators

Heart Life Music goes on sale Nov. 4

As the old adage says, never meet your heroes — unless, of course, they're Jimmy Buffett .

For country icon Kenny Chesney , that was exactly the case. The late Buffett, who died in September 2023 , was not only a mentor to Chesney but a lifelong friend, too. Chesney, 57, sat down with PEOPLE ahead of the release of his new book Heart Life Music (out Nov. 4 from William Morrow), in which he writes about what he calls his "favorite Jimmy story."

"When I went to my first Jimmy Buffet show, I had just moved to Nashville, and

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