1. Rayna Jaymes was characterized as the "reigning queen of country," a 40-year-old country music superstar singer whose star is beginning to fade.
72 Facts About Rayna Jaymes
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The character of Rayna Jaymes is inspired from Britton's role as Tami Taylor on the TV series Friday Night Lights, with Nashville creator Callie Khouri creating the role specifically for Britton.
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Britton has stated that her performance as Rayna Jaymes is based on several country singers, including Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, and Bonnie Raitt.
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Rayna Jaymes followed this with the critically acclaimed Thoroughbred album which features the classic "The Last Stand".
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Rayna Jaymes's follow up album was the multi platinum Postcards from Mexico.
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Ultimately Rayna Jaymes had personal issues and had to break up with Deacon due to his destructive patterns after multiple iconic albums and tours worked on together.
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Rayna Jaymes's follow up displayed a newer image for the married woman and a increasingly mature sound for the hit album Platinum Sea which features the hit "American Beauty".
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Rayna Jaymes followed this up with her greatest hits album The Best Of Rayna Jaymes.
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In 2010, she released her first self-titled album Rayna Jaymes and followed it up in 2012, with the gold selling Belt Buckle Blues featuring top 20 country single "It's My Life".
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Rayna Jaymes ultimately canceled her Belt Buckle Blues Tour and co-headlined with country-pop singer Juliette Barnes on the single "Wrong Song".
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Rayna Jaymes then began her own record label, Highway 65 Records in 2014, which she announced at the Grand Ole Opry.
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In 2015, Rayna Jaymes made the transition from singer to producer.
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Rayna Jaymes produced Markus Keens' first solo album which would later be certified platinum.
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Juliette hates Rayna Jaymes because her mother Jolene, whose relationship with Juliet is deeply troubled, was a Rayna Jaymes James fan.
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When Marshall threatens to release a Greatest Hits album against her will, Rayna Jaymes decides to work on a new album with a non-country producer, Liam McGuinness.
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When Rayna Jaymes has the idea to start her own label, Liam does something behind her back.
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Rayna Jaymes then goes to Deacon and tells him that she loves him and always has.
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The morning after Rayna Jaymes tells Tandy that she and Deacon spent the night together.
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Rayna Jaymes is against it because there is a chance of Deacon finding out that he is Maddie's biological father.
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Rayna Jaymes tells her she said that to Deacon and that they are together now.
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Rayna Jaymes tells him the whole story of how she found out she was pregnant the last time he went to rehab.
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Rayna Jaymes talked about it with Teddy and they decided to get married and do a paternity test afterwards.
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Deacon's friend and sobriety sponsor Coleman advised Rayna Jaymes to cut ties with Deacon because they wanted him to get better.
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Rayna Jaymes tells him that he is not driving anywhere and makes him move over to the passenger seat.
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Rayna Jaymes is put in a medically induced coma and hangs on to life for two weeks following the wreck.
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Rayna Jaymes wakes up and is able to say that she was the one driving the car and Deacon is set free.
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The morning after, Rayna Jaymes realizes that Deacon had been drinking and didn't realize he had proposed.
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Rayna Jaymes finds out that she's pregnant and almost tells Deacon, but she sees him drunk, tearing up his cabin, and Tandy suggests not telling him about the pregnancy.
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Rayna Jaymes's father was going to loan her money to get her out of it but he was sent to prison before he had the chance to.
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Rayna Jaymes is eventually able to get out of her contract by using her mortgage.
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Also during the season, Rayna Jaymes begins dating fellow country music singer, Luke Wheeler.
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Rayna Jaymes goes through old letters Deacon wrote to her, albums and starts playing their song, "Postcard from Mexico".
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Rayna Jaymes remembers a time that Luke was there for her.
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Rayna Jaymes then goes to Deacon and tells him that she chooses Luke because they have a clean slate and that he is the safe choice.
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When Rayna Jaymes hears that Jeff Fordham of Edgehill is talking to Sadie, she does, too.
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Rayna Jaymes then explains to her that Jeff only wants to sign her so he can show her off to his board so they will see that he has a female artist on his roster, then forget about her.
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At the beginning of her show Sadie announces that she signed with Rayna Jaymes, leaving Jeff furious.
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Rayna Jaymes becomes closer to Juliette when she is the first person Juliette tells about her pregnancy.
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Rayna Jaymes beats out Luke again for 'Album of the Year'.
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Rayna Jaymes complains about her thanking Deacon, saying she came to the show with him, not Deacon, and he is the reason her album went gold because he proposed to her the day it was released.
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Rayna Jaymes blames it on his ego and drinking and assures her that she is the only reason her album went gold.
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Rayna Jaymes disapproves of them talking about that with him, without her.
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Rayna Jaymes tells the girls they aren't going to boarding school.
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Later that day, Rayna Jaymes goes to Deacon to tell him she loves him and always has, but she needs some time for herself.
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Rayna Jaymes is furious when she finds out but she is able to prevent it when she tells Jeff's boss about Layla overdosing at Jeff's house, among other things.
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Rayna Jaymes tells Scarlett he is supposed to take care of Rayna, not the other way around.
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Rayna Jaymes keeps his distance from her for a while until she asks him to sing with her to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her induction into the Grand Ole Opry.
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Rayna Jaymes goes to his cabin at the lake but she follows him.
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Rayna Jaymes tells him no, they will wait until after the operation so they can have a proper ceremony.
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When Rayna Jaymes tries to talk to her after her set she doesn't have much luck.
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On her way back home in Nashville, Rayna Jaymes hears the radio DJ's criticizing her about letting Juliette go and how she is not that good at running a label.
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Rayna Jaymes comes up with a rock star named Markus Keen who is looking for a new label but Bucky thinks it won't work because he is a rock artist.
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Rayna Jaymes gets mad at Maddie when she finds out Juliette invited her to sing on stage with her in Atlanta and punishes her.
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Rayna Jaymes is having a tough time with Maddie and brings her and Daphne to the meeting with Markus.
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Markus gets Rayna Jaymes to produce his album after he fires Avery for not "getting" his "vision", among other things.
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Rayna Jaymes and Rayna don't see eye-to-eye so he storms off, saying this was a mistake.
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Rayna Jaymes is unsure about it because he is a recovering alcoholic.
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Rayna Jaymes's publicist finds a private barn where the wedding can be held out of the public eye.
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Rayna Jaymes assures both of the girls that there is nothing to worry about because they are a family and nothing is going to tear that apart, and Deacon loves them both more than anything.
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Rayna Jaymes doesn't want Maddie to be like her, when she was younger and left home for a career.
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Rayna Jaymes wants to shield her from being exploited, but she fears she is losing her.
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Rayna Jaymes has some financial problems with the label hitting some bumps in the road.
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Rayna Jaymes agrees to play at a private event in Silicon Valley hosted by an app developer named Zach Wells as a way to bring in money.
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Rayna Jaymes wants to "hack her cloud" and wants to go into business with her.
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Rayna Jaymes gets inspired for her and Deacon to write their story for a concept album featuring the two of them.
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Rayna Jaymes gets a restraining order against Hockney and increases security at her house.
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Rayna Jaymes's organs are failing, her condition worsens and her outcome isn't too promising.
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Rayna Jaymes can't hold on any longer, and dies with her family by her side.
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Deacon goes into their home studio where he finds Bucky, Gunnar, Scarlett, Will, Avery, Juliette, Maddie and Daphne all singing along with Rayna Jaymes's recording of the track "You're Mine" and he joins them, seeing it as their final song together.
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Rayna Jaymes appears briefly in the season finale in a flashback to her and Deacon's wedding night at Deacon's cabin.
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Rayna Jaymes tells him that yes, they've hurt each other and they have their past, but reassures him that once in everyone's life, someone gets into your bloodstream and it doesn't matter how much they fail each other, they must choose each other.
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Rayna Jaymes tells Deacon that she chooses him exactly the way he is and that she will love him forever.