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 "The Girl You Left Me For" (Deana Carter, James Michael) – 3:30 "One Day at a Time" (Carter) – 3:18 "Ordinary" (Carter, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges) – 4:15 "In a Heartbeat" (Carter, Michael) – 3:55 "Katie" (Carter) – 2:40 "Atlanta & Birmingham" (Carter) – 3:37 "She's Good for You" (Carter, Carolyn Dawn Johnson) – 3:34 "Not Another Love Song" (Carter) – 4:35 "Sunny Day" (Carter) – 5:16 "Getting Over You" (Carter, Lindsey, Verges) – 3:31 "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)PeakPosition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26 U.S. Billboard 200 150 U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums9
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country 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
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