The country duo Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes met Sheeran in Nashville at the afterparty for his concert.
The British singer offered them his track "Stay The Night", Contactmusic reported.
"Crissie and I went along to an after-party Ed was hosting after his concert at Nashville but she wasn't feeling great. He told us he was familiar with our music and we were like, 'Woah, that's incredible'. 'A few hours later I was about to leave and I saw Ed and his mates playing a drinking game with a girl who was downing beer out of a keg while doing a handstand.
Crissie added, "So basically my drinking ability got us an Ed Sheeran song.