Singer Trisha Yearwood started her musical career as a protégee of Garth Brooks. Like many in country music, Yearwood also moved to Nashville, where she performed demos and was eventually asked by Brooks as a backing vocalist. Brooks went on to become one of the biggest stars in the United States and in his keilzog, Yearwood was also able to pursue a solo career, and she became a very popular
… country singer. In the time between the CD Inside Out (2001) and the release of Jasper County, it became known that Yearwood and Brooks were in a relationship and were getting married, which caused enormous public attention. Jasper County is the hometown of Yearwood, and the CD is also dedicated to Jasper County and her youth. Musically, Jasper County leans more towards country than the pop crossover that is often made, and that's a plus. (IV)more