He moved to Capitol Nashville for his next album, 2000's "Morning Wood". It was his first Top 20 album on the US Country charts, first Gold-certified recording, and it brought him to the singles charts for the first time with "More of a Man", which reached No. 71 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs). After it came the live album "Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards", which did not chart. Carrington's third release for Capitol was 2003's "Nut Sack". It mostly consisted of studio-recorded comedy songs and only featured five stand-up sketches. It included the single "Don't Look Now" which reached No. 60.