Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1999 Sara Evans collected her first #1 single in Billboard with "No Place That Far"?

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Sara Evans.

  • Her brother Matt Evans played bass in her road band.
  • Her ex-husband Craig Schelske ran for U.S. Congress in 2002.
  • Her father, mother, brother and two sisters performed on her 2005 CD Real Fine Place.
  • She was selected as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2005.
  • "A Little Bit Stronger," from the album Stronger (2010), became her fifth No. 1 song on the country charts in May of 2011; it was written by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum.

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