Logic is messing up imported audio

In Logic 8, when I try to import an audio (aif) file exported from Ableton Live, Logic slows down the audio file significantly. It also lowers its pitch.
The track from Ableton Live was at 160bpm, and even when I set Logic's project tempo to 160bpm, the audio file plays back at less than half that tempo. I feel like I'm overlooking something really obvious, but I'm having trouble finding the solution anywhere. How do I import the audio file without Logic messing things up?
Also, Quicktime or any other music player plays the exported audio back fine, at the proper pitch and tempo. It seems like the problem is only with Logic.

I think Jim is on the right track--sounds like sample-rate mismatch. Try setting Logic to automatically convert the rate. Or, of course, set your Logic project to the same rate as Live.
Does this work?

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