Sara Evans Biography

Sara Lynn Evans (born February 5, 1971, in Boonville, Missouri) is a country music singer.

Sara Lynn Evans was raised on a farm near New Franklin, Missouri as the oldest girl amongst seven children. Music has always been a part of her life and by age five was singing every weekend in her family's band. When she was sixteen, she began performing at a nightclub near Columbia, Missouri, a gig that lasted two years.

She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991 with the goal of becoming a country artist. That year she met Craig Schelske there and a year later moved to Oregon. They were involved both professionally and personally. Craig and Sara were married in 1993 and they returned to Nashville in 1995. Sara began recording demos. Songwriter Harlan Howard heard Sara as she sung a demo of one of his songs, "Tiger By the Tail" at County Q Studios**, and decided she should be the one to sing his music. She went under contract with RCA.

In 1997 Evans released her first album "Three Chords and the Truth" critics praised the album for returning back to traditional country and named it to many of their top ten of the year lists. Unfortunatly, it did not catch on with country radio at the time and none of the three singles made the top 40.

In 1998 Evans released her sophmore album "No Place That Far" critics slamed her on choosing a more pop/country oriented album. Her first single "Cryin' Game" hardly made a hit on the charts. It would be her next single "No Place That Far," a duet with Vince Gill, that would be her first number one single. The album has been certified gold.

In 2000 Evans released her "make it or break it" album "Born To Fly." Her first single "Born To Fly" hit the number one spot and proved to be her biggest hit until "Suds in the Bucket." The hits kept coming in as her next single "I Could Not Ask For More" hit the number two spot. "Saints and Angels," Evans favorite song on the album, hit the number sixteen spot and the last single "I Keep Looking" made it to the number five spot. Thus far, the album has been certified double platinum.

Evans lead the pack as the most nominated artist at the 2001 Country Music Association awards, and won her fist CMA award when her song “Born to Fly” won the award for Video of the Year.

In 2003 Evans released "Restless." This album showed her versitility as the songs crossed in with different genres such as country, pop, blues, and soul. The albums first single "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" went to number sixteen. The next single "Perfect" went to number two. The next single "Suds in the Bucket" went to number one and became her biggest hit since "Born to Fly" and quickly became a fan favorite among her songs. The next single "Tonight" failed to reach the top 40. "Restless" has been certified platinum.

In 2005, Sara Evans struck gold with the country balld "A Real Fine Place to Start". With help from this single her album "Real Fine Place" was propelled to No.1 on the top of the country charts and No. 3 on the pop charts with over 130,000 copies sold in the first week. Her best debuting album of her career. The single from the album stood on top of the Billboard and Radio and Record Charts for two weeks. Evans was nominated for two CMA awards, including the prestigious "Female Vocalist of the Year" and prized "Musical Event of the Year" (the latter in part due to her duet with Brad Paisley, "New Again"). Sara went on the road with Brad Paisley and newcomers Sugarland on Brad's "Time Well Wasted Tour". Her current single "Cheatin'" has quickley become the fastest risisng single of her career. "Real Fine Place" has recently been certified gold.

As of 2005 she has three children, Avery, Olivia and Audrey. Evans filled in for LeAnn Rimes on the TV show Nashville Star.