Oklahoma singer secures spot on Team Niall after a blind audition on The Voice

An Oklahoma resident caught the ears of all four judges during his blind audition on NBC's The Voice.

Ross Clayton, an Illinois native who is now a resident of McLoud, Oklahoma, performed the song "Blue Ain't Your Color" by Keith Urban in his blind audition. Though all four judges — Blake Shelton, Niall Horan, Chance the Rapper and Kelly Clarkson — turned their chairs and gave their pitch to convince Clayton why he should choose them, Clayton ended up asking Horan to be his coach.

"Your voice is absolutely incredible," Horan said. "You have that country tone to your voice, but to me, I was hearing so much soul."

Clayton, 33, found his passion for music during his senior year of high school when he auditioned for the school's production of "Little Shop of Horrors," according to a press release. After college, he did some gig work across Chicago and the Midwest, and briefly found an audience in Nashville in 2014 before stepping back.

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He and his wife moved to her hometown of McLoud. The couple and their three children live on an acre and a half where they keep goats and dogs, while Clayton works in software development.

When asked how he finds time to sing, Clayton told the judges, "I had to put it aside for a bit to focus on family."

"Ross stepped away from performing for a normal life in rural Oklahoma until recently, when he took down the guitar on his wall and decided to give music another shot," a press release said.

This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoman on The Voice's Team Niall after singing Keith Urban song