Xavier and Ophelia periodically performs live as a duo or with a backing band, with Tough switching between instruments such as guitar and keyboards. They regularly perform at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Tough has had a number of his songs placed in television shows on major networks. In August 2010 his song "Vegas" was featured in The CW series "Plain Jane", and later that year his song "Constantly Falling" was featured in Seth Rogen's feature film Observe and Report. In January 2012, his songs " Let's Get Crazy," "Vegas," and "Pretty Mama" placed in episodes 102–107 of the CW reality television series "Remodel". The show ended up using ten of his songs that year. Later in 2012, the CBS Sports Network featured his song "Brownsville," co-written with Bill Dilugi, in a bull riding scene, and late 2012 he produced, engineered, wrote, and co-wrote nine songs for the television series "Hart of Dixie". The episodes include "Pilot," "Padres and Pariahs," "In Havoc and Heat," "The Pirate & The Practice," "Aliens and Alias," and "The Big Day." In 2012–2013 he produced a song for the ABC series "This Moment", a song he produced and co-wrote with Justin Busch, was then used as the theme song for a cycling DVD by Endurance Films in February 2013. In late 2013 his song "Hillbilly Hollywood" was used on the show "Nashville", his song "Pretty Mama" appeared in the ABC movie "Christmas Bounty", and his songs "Nothing Sweet About Alabama" and "Passing Train" appeared in "Alaska Gold Diggers". Also, a song he co-wrote and produced titled "Pretty Mama (So Many Girls)" was used in episode 102 of the Netflix show "Hemlock Grove". In the summer of 2014, he produced and engineered an original track titled "Close" for the documentary "Cuddle", directed by Jason O'Brien. In 2016, two of Tough's songs "Because of You" and "Sweet Remedy" received prominent features in the movie "Return of the Prodigal Son". Also, his song "Gonna Find My Way to You" was placed into the introduction of the Hallmark Channel movie "Summer Love". In 2017 Tough's song "I Love Em All" was placed in the film "Thumper" which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.