''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 ''

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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,

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) – 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 The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, piano, electric guitar, synthesizer strings, synthesizer horns, background vocals *Jeff Carter - electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Randy Leago -

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, piano,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

*Steve Mackey – bass guitar *James Michael –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer, keyboards, background vocals *Kyle Woodring – drums

Charts

Album

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Story Of My Life (Carter, Deana Album), The 2005 albums Deana Carter albums Vanguard Records albums