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was sought-after session guitarist, Fred Carter Jr. Deanna graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in occupational therapy, but decided that she really wanted a career in music. Her first big break came when Willie Nelson heard her demo tape and invited her to take part in the 1994 Farm Aid VII concert as the show's only female soloist. That same tape led to a contract with Capitol Records that year. Soon after, Carter released her debut country single, "Strawberry Wine", which reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, and catapulted the album Did I Shave My Legs for This? to great success. The album debuted at #2 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart, sold well over five million copies, and yielded two further #1 hits in "We Danced Anyway" and "How Do I Get There," making Carter a star in her own right.



After contributing a song to the soundtrack for Anastasia in 1997, Carter came back with her sophomore effort Everything's Gonna Be Alright in 1998. The album peaked at #6 and sold just enough to receive gold status, far less than the sales of her debut album. In trying to get new material out, Carter slogged through four different label presidents over the next few years and finally left Columbia in 2001 without recording another album. In 2004, Carter signed with independent record label Vanguard Records. She released a song "(Bleep) 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." It peaked at #26 on the U.S. Country Albums chart. In 2007, Carter came out with The Chain, a tribute album to her father that featured duets with some of country's biggest stars. Although the album was not a commercial success Carter was nevertheless ranked #81 on the 100 Greatest Women (of Country Music) by Country Universe in 2008