The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album)

The Story of My Life
Studio album by Deana Carter
Released	March 8, 2005 (US)
Recorded	2004
Studio	Little Big Guy Studios
Genre	Country
Length	41:21
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Deana Carter
Deana Carter chronology
I'm Just a Girl (2003) The Story of My Life (2005) The Chain (2007)
Singles from The Story of My Life
"One Day at a Time" Released: March 2005 "The Girl You Left Me For" Released: April 22, 2005 "Sunny Day" Released: October 7, 2005 "In a Heartbeat" Released: November 2006

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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-off single, and entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 9, 2005 at #57. It reached a peak of #55 after three weeks, although the song later reappeared on the chart for two additional weeks in late June-early July. The follow-up singles, "The Girl You Left Me For", "Sunny Day", and "In a Heartbeat", failed to enter the chart altogether.

Track listing

1. "The Girl You Left Me For" (Deana Carter, James Michael) – 3:30
2. "One Day at a Time" (Carter) – 3:18
3. "Ordinary" (Carter, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges) – 4:15
4. "In a Heartbeat" (Carter, Michael) – 3:55
5. "Katie" (Carter) – 2:40
6. "Atlanta & Birmingham" (Carter) – 3:37
7. "She's Good for You" (Carter, Carolyn Dawn Johnson) – 3:34
8. "Not Another Love Song" (Carter) – 4:35
9. "Sunny Day" (Carter) – 5:16
10. "Getting Over You" (Carter, Lindsey, Verges) – 3:31
11. "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)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	26
U.S. Billboard 200	150
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	9

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