AsTaste of Countrynotes, Lambert came close to winning reality competition showNashville Starin 2003, ultimately finishing third.
She was just 19 years old at the time.
Although Lambert signed a record deal that same year, she didn’t release an album until 2005’sKerosene.
Growing up in the small town of Lindale, Texas, was difficult.
Things got so bad, in fact, that the family ended up without a place to live.
The first thing the singer did upon making it big was buy a farm of her own in Oklahoma.
“I saw my friends' moms coming in at 2 a.m. with black eyes …
The singer-songwriter took the lessons she learned from her parents' work into her own career.
She even keeps a box-cutter onstage for protection, though it’s not necessarily against rowdy male fans.
“I keep a box cutter on my drum riser for such occasions.”
Suffice to say, you don’t mess with her.
