While growing up poor in rural Missouri, performed with her family band
at the age of four - and even recorded in Nashville several years
later.
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the
world. [2005]
Married Jay in an evening ceremony on a farm located near her home in Franklin, Tennessee.
Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 33, a daughter Audrey Elizabeth Schleske on October 6, 2004. Child's father is her now ex-1st husband, Craig Schelske.