When she was 17, her father fatally shot her mother then took his own life in the family driveway.
Won the "Best New Artist" award for the 2001 Grammys, even though she
had been in the business for 13 years. Upon receiving the award, she
quipped (with great sarcasm), "Wow! It took six albums to win Best New
Artist!"
By age 18, she was married and divorced, raising her sister, Allison Moorer, and struggling to make it as a country/pop singer in Nashville.