The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album)
# The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album)

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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 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) | 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Country |
| 2005 | "One Day at a Time" | 55 |
| 2005 | "The Girl You Left Me For" | — |
| 2005 | "Sunny Day" | — |
| 2006 | "In a Heartbeat" | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||
