1. Deana Carter was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of singer Fred Deana Carter, Jr.
15 Facts About Deana Carter
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Deana Carter was a local bartender at the Back Door Tavern on Kingston Pike.
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Deana Carter dated music video director Chris Hicky and had a son during their relationship; Gray Hayes Hicky was born in September 2004.
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On October 3,2009, Deana Carter married boyfriend Brandon Malone in Malibu.
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In November 2012, Deana Carter filed for legal separation from Malone, citing irreconcilable differences.
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On July 6,2018, Deana Carter married Jim McPhail in a ceremony at the Pearl Hotel in Rosemary Beach, Fla.
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Deana Carter has been a national spokeswoman for the National Kidney Foundation; her late father was a kidney transplant recipient.
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Deana Carter was the author of a book, Songs From the Heart.
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Deana Carter was featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 animated film Anastasia for her rendition of "Once Upon a December".
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In September 1998, Deana Carter released her sixth single, "Absence of the Heart," as the lead-off single to her second album, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, which was released on October 20,1998.
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In 2002, Deana Carter signed with Arista Nashville and released her first single in three years.
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In 2004, Deana Carter signed with independent record label Vanguard Records.
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Deana Carter released the song " Texas" in March 2005, but it failed to chart and was shortly replaced with "One Day at a Time," which served as the lead single to her fifth studio album, The Story of My Life.
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In 2013, Deana Carter formed her own record label, Little Nugget Records.
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In 2013, Deana Carter re-released Father Christmas with her own record label, Little Nugget Records.