He Thinks He'll Keep Her

"He Thinks He'll Keep Her"
Single by Mary-Chapin Carpenter
from the album Come On Come On
B-side"Only a Dream"
ReleasedDecember 6, 1993
Recorded1992
GenreCountry
Length4:01 (album version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mary Chapin Carpenter, Don Schlitz
Producer(s)Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings
Mary-Chapin Carpenter singles chronology
"The Bug"
(1992)
"He Thinks He'll Keep Her"
(1993)
"I Take My Chances"
(1994)

"He Thinks He'll Keep Her" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in December 1993 as the sixth single from the album Come On Come On. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was written by Carpenter and Don Schlitz.

The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and was accompanied by a live performance music video, taken from the 1993 CBS special Women of Country, where Carpenter was accompanied by Emmylou Harris, Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Suzy Bogguss and Pam Tillis.