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Sarah Johns was born in Pollard, Kentucky.
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Signed to BNA Records in 2006, she released her debut album Big Love in a Small Town, which accounted for two charting singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number. 39 "The One in the Middle." She began singing regularly while attending the University of Kentucky. In early 2006, Sarah Johns signed to Show Dog Nashville (now Show Dog-Universal Music), a record label owned by Toby Keith.
Although she toured with Keith on his Big Throwdown 2 tour, she did not release anything on Show Dog, and left the label that April.
A year later, Johns signed with BNA Records. She released her debut single "The One in the Middle" on April 30, 2007 and made Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with lieutenant
On June 2, 2007, Johns made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Johns" debut album, Big Love in a Small Town, was released on August 28, 2007 and peaked at Number.
198 on the Billboard 200.
Allmusic critic Thom Jurek rated the album three stars out of five, comparing Johns" song choices and attitudes to those of Tammy Wynette and Gretchen Wilson and saying, "This record isn"t all the way there, but it"s well on the way and might blow up the charts anyway. Big Love in a Small Town is an auspicious debut by a young talent." Its second single, "He Hates Maine", peaked at Number. 47 on the country charts.
Personnel Mike Brignardello - bass guitar Pat Buchanan - electric guitar Tom Bukovac - electric guitar Lisa Cochran - background vocals Melodie Crittenden - background vocals Eric Darken - percussion Shannon Forrest - drums Larry Franklin - fiddle, mandolin Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar Paul Hart - vocal overdubs Wes Hightower - background vocals John Barlow Jarvis - piano, keyboards Mike Johnson - Dobro, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar Liana Manis - background vocals Greg Morrow - drums Gordon Mote - piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer Nashville String Machine - strings Russian Pahl - Dobro, banjo, pedal steel guitar Joe Scaife - background vocals, string arrangement Editor Seay - vocal overdubs Jason Sellers - background vocals Russell Terrell - background vocals Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Bergen White - string arrangements Chart positions.
