Pill box list

I have been trying hard to figure out how to get the closing </li> inserted when using pill boxes

I have

<li><?php echo join('<li> ', $record['features:labels']); ?></li>

but that just gives me

<li>item1

<li>item2

<li>item3</li>

I have tried many different variation but always get an error. Any words of wisdom?

Kenny