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Greensboro’s Peay brothers are holding out hope of a CD of their own in the near future.

A group of young siblings from Tennessee beat the four brothers in the final round of CBS’ “Singing Family Face Off” on Wednesday, in the competition for a national recording contract.

“We’re satisfied we gave it our all,” a tired Katif Peay said as the family headed back to hotel rooms after hours of post-production interviews with CBS affiliates. “And we think something may still come of it.”

The winner was decided by online voting, which after 700 video auditions and six finalists came down to the Peays and J4, a family of teen and preteen singing musicians from rural Bluff City, Tenn.

“Voting was incredibly tight,” said CBS Records executive Larry Jenkins, whose company holds an option to produce a CD of the Peays’ music as well, per contest rules.

“Other options” have also arisen, Katif Peay said.

Actually, when it comes to the success of parlaying reality show exposure into a career, the brothers don’t have to look any further than McLeansville’s Chris Daughtry, who came in fourth in the 2006 “American Idol” and sold more CDs than the eventual winner.

“There’s so much talent amongst you,” performer and judge David Cassidy told the brothers after the final results were announced.

Besides Katif Peay, 29, an N.C. A&T doctoral student in energy and environmental sciences, there’s also Majid, 33, a married claims adjuster and father, who attended A&T; Taimine, 30, a music and physical education student at GTCC; and Solomon, 21, an A&T mass communication and public relations major..

Six weeks ago, when CBS showed up at the brothers’ home in northeast Greensboro with the news that they had been selected among six finalist families, neighbors found out through the loud “Hallelujahs” piercing the early morning quiet.

Contact Nancy McLaughlin at 373-7049 or nancy.mclaughlin@news-record.com