And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon.

The other performers that night included Sara Evans and Larry Gatlin. Womack spent a few years raising her children before reentering the music business in the mid 90s. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was also a high school principal.

Lee Ann Womack (born August 19 1966 in Jacksonville Texas United States) is an American country music singer and songwriter who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love. Additionally Lee Ann Womack has received five Academy of Country Music Awards five Country Music Association Awards and a Grammy Award.  1 on the Billboard Country Chart and the Top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her signature song.