The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album) explained

The Story of My Life
Type:	studio
Artist:	Deana Carter
Cover:	StoryofMyLife.jpg
Released:	March 8, 2005 (US)
Recorded:	2004
Studio:	Little Big Guy Studios
Genre:	Country
Length:	41:21
Label:	Vanguard
Producer:	Deana Carter
Prev Title:	I'm Just a Girl
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	The Chain
Next Year:	2007

The Story of My Life is the fifth studio album released by American country singer/songwriter Deana Carter. The album peaked at #26 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and #150 on the Billboard 200. "One Day at a Time" was released in March 2005 as the lead single, and entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 9, 2005 at #57. It peaked at #55 after three weeks, and returned to the charts for two additional weeks in late June/early July. Follow-up singles "The Girl You Left Me For," "Sunny Day," and "In a Heartbeat" did not chart.

Track listing

1. "The Girl You Left Me For" (Deana Carter, James Michael) – 3:30
2. "One Day at a Time" (Carter) – 3:18
3. "Ordinary" (Carter, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges) – 4:15
4. "In a Heartbeat" (Carter, Michael) – 3:55
5. "Katie" (Carter) – 2:40
6. "Atlanta & Birmingham" (Carter) – 3:37
7. "She's Good for You" (Carter, Carolyn Dawn Johnson) – 3:34
8. "Not Another Love Song" (Carter) – 4:35
9. "Sunny Day" (Carter) – 5:16
10. "Getting Over You" (Carter, Lindsey, Verges) – 3:31
11. "The Story of My Life" (Carter) – 3:10

Personnel

• Deana Carter - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, synthesizer strings, synthesizer horns, background vocals
• Jeff Carter - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Randy Leago - keyboards, piano, synthesizer, flute, accordion
• Steve Mackey – bass guitar
• James Michael – drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer, keyboards, background vocals
• Kyle Woodring – drums

Charts

Album

Chart (2005)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	26
U.S. Billboard 200	150
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country ^[1]
2005	"One Day at a Time"	55
	"The Girl You Left Me For"	—
	"Sunny Day"	—
2006	"In a Heartbeat"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165311|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Deana Carter > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))]. Allmusic. 2010-07-26.