There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.

I'm very competitive but in a very nice way

I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss.

I don't write my own songs. I don't have time.

Wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.