Sara Lynn Evans, born February 5, 1971, in New Franklin, Missouri, is a country music singer.

Biography
Sara Lynn Evans was raised on a farm near New Franklin, Missouri, as the oldest girl among seven children. Music always has been a part of her life; by age 5 she was singing every weekend in her family's band. When she was 16, she began performing at a nightclub near Columbia, Missouri, a gig that lasted two years.

She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991 to become a country artist. That year she met Craig Schelske there and a year later moved to Oregon. They were involved both professionally and personally. Schelske and Evans were married in 1993 and returned to Nashville in 1995, where she began recording demos. Songwriter Harlan Howard heard Evans' demo of one of his songs, "Tiger By the Tail," at County Q Studios** and decided she should be the one to sing his music. She went under contract with RCA.

In 1997 Evans released her first album Three Chords and the Truth. Critics praised the album for returning to traditional country and named it to many of their year's "top 10" lists. But it did not catch on with country radio at the time, and none of the three singles made the top 40.

In 1998 Evans released her sophomore album No Place That Far. Critics slammed her on choosing a more pop/country-oriented album. Her first single, "Cryin' Game," hardly made a ripple on the charts. It was her next single, "No Place That Far," a duet with Vince Gill, that would be her first No. 1 single. The album has been certified gold.

Evans released her "make it or break it" album, Born To Fly, in 2000. Her first single "Born To Fly" hit No. 1 and proved to be her biggest hit until "Suds in the Bucket." The hits kept coming as her next single, "I Could Not Ask For More," hit No. 2. "Saints and Angels," Evans' favorite song on the album, hit No. 16, and the last single, "I Keep Looking," made it to No. 5. The album has been certified double platinum.

Evans led the pack as the most-nominated artist at the 2001 Country Music Association awards with seven, and she won her first CMA award when her song “Born to Fly” won the award for Video of the Year, her first major country award.


Evans, 2003.In 2003 Evans released Restless. This album showed her versatility as the songs crossed in with different genres such as country, pop, blues and soul. The album's first single, "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus," went to No. 16. The next single, "Perfect," went to No. 2. The next single, "Suds in the Bucket," went to No. 1, became her biggest hit since "Born to Fly" and quickly became a fan favorite. The next single, "Tonight," fell short of the top 40. Restless has been certified platinum.

In 2004 Evans was the most-played female singer on country music radio thanks to singles such as "Suds in the Bucket" and "Perfect."

In 2005, Evans struck gold with the country ballad "A Real Fine Place to Start". With help from this single, her album Real Fine Place was propelled to No. 1 on the country charts and No. 3 on the pop charts with more than 130,000 copies sold in the first week, nearly triple the sales from her previous album, Restless. Real Fine Place was the best-selling album of her career. The single from the album stood on top of the Billboard and Radio and Record Charts for two weeks. Evans was nominated for two CMA awards, including the prestigious "Female Vocalist of the Year" and prized "Musical Event of the Year" (the latter in part due to her duet with Brad Paisley, "New Again"). However, she lost in both categories. Evans went on the road with Paisley and newcomers Sugarland on Paisley's Time Well Wasted Tour. "Cheatin'" also cracked the top 10. Real Fine Place has been certified gold.

Rumor has it that Sara will partner Tony Dovolani on this seasons Dancing With The Stars.