Erin McCarley (born January 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter.

McCarley went to college at Baylor University, and now based in Nashville, Tennesee with her husband, Reid Rolls. She has been compared to Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, Sheryl Crow, and Vanessa Carlton. During 2008, she was part of the "Hotel Café Tour" playing across the United States, and also performed at the 2008 SxSW festival. She was also part of the "Ten out of Tenn" tour in Winter 2008/9. Her Universal Republic debut album, Love, Save the Empty, was released digitally on December 30, 2008 via iTunes. A physical album was expected January 6th, 2009. The first single from the album, "Pony (It's OK)" was the iTunes Single of the Week for the first week of 2009. Her music has been featured on the TV shows Kyle XY, One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, and The Hills as well as in the film He's Just Not That Into You. She was picked out by Andrew Leahey of the Washington Times as one of "4 to watch in early '09". McCarley performed on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 6, 2009 and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 12, 2009.

Love, Save the Empty

Love, Save the Empty is the debut album by McCarley. Jamie Kenney, McCarley's musical partner, produced the album and also arranged, played, and co-wrote most of the songs. The album was released digitally on iTunes on December 30, 2008. The hard copy was released on January 6, 2009. She toured throughout January to promote her release. Love, Save the Empty peaked at #5 on iTunes "Top Albums" chart on January 2, 2009, resulting in a #86 debut on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated January 17, 2009. The following week, the album rose ten spots to a new peak of 76. The song "Love, Save the Empty" is the song featured mostly in He's Just Not That into You and is the only song that has a music video of the film. Both "Love, Save the Empty" and "Pitter-Pat" were featured on the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy. "Love, Save the Empty" was included in the first season of the CW's show Privileged. In addition, all three of her singles have charted. Both "Pony (It's OK)"  and "Pitter-Pat"  have been on the Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) chart, and "Love, Save the Empty" made the Hot Adult Top 40 (or Hot AC) chart  as well as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, where it peaked at #17.