  We study the characteristics of the light generated by few emitters in a
cavity at strong light-matter coupling. By means of the Glauber
$g^{(2)}$-function we can identify clearly distinguished parameter regimes with
super-Poissonian and sub-Poissonian photon statistics. We establish a relation
between the emission characteristics for one and multiple emitters, and explain
its origin in terms of the photon-dressed emitter states. Cooperative effects
lead to the generation of nonclassical light already at reduced light-matter
coupling if the number of emitters is increased. Our results are obtained with
a full input-output formalism and master equation valid also at strong
light-matter coupling. We compare the behavior obtained with and without
counter-rotating light-matter interaction terms in the Hamiltonian, and find
that the generation of nonclassical light is robust against such modifications.
Finally, we contrast our findings with the predictions of the quantum optical
master equation and find that it fails entirely at predicting regimes with
different photon statistics.
