Mine's not a heavy guitar at all. It weighs a little more than my Stratocasters because it's a natural Ash model.
My Tele's several pounds lighter than my Les Paul, ES-355, and Rickenbacker 381v69, and probably some other guitars.
It's notable for the country sound, but Keith Richards (a five-string Telecaster), Bruce Springsteen, and Bonnie Raitt play Telecasters.
Jimi Hendrix recorded "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze" on a Tele. George Harrison's rosewood Telecaster is famous as the guitar he played during the Beatles' rooftop concert (Google "Get Back Beatles Rooftop"). Jimmy Page played "Stairway to Heaven" on a Telecaster. And let's not forget Muddy Waters, Robbie Robertson of The Police, and . . . well, some others.
Wow, a light weight Tele huh? Everyone of those things any guitarist ever let me hold weighed a ton. Found the same to be true of the Les Paul.