Elam later toured with Rascal Flatts to promote her unreleased second album, "Turn Me Up". "Love Is," the first single released from the album, peaked at No. 47 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2006. Another single from the album, "Flat on the Floor," eventually peaked at No. 52. Later in the year, Carrie Underwood includes a version of the track on her 2007 album "Carnival Ride". Elam exited Universal South in 2008. Elam also co-wrote the track "Change" on Underwood's 2009 album "Play On". Reba McEntire covered "I Want a Cowboy" on her 2009 album "Keep on Loving You". Elam also co-wrote Rascal Flatts' 2011 single "Easy", which features Natasha Bedingfield, and Eli Young Band's 2012 single "Say Goodnight", co-written by John Paul White of The Civil Wars. In 2014, Hunter Hayes co-wrote his single "Invisible" with Elam.