Jennifer Odessa Nettles born September 12, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. She charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band Bon Jovi 's single " Who Says You Can't Go Home ", a number-one hit on the Billboard country chart. Nettles was a judge on Go-Big Show β Nettles began performing at school assemblies, her Southern Baptist church, and in community theater. Performing as both an acoustic duo and with a band, they released two albums: The Sacred and Profane in and Hallelujah in , both of which were composed of songs written collaboratively by Jones and Nettles.
In , she formed the Jennifer Nettles Band, with which she released three studio albums and two live albums. In , Hall left the group [ 13 ] and Nettles and Bush continued on as a duo releasing Enjoy the Ride in November Their third album, titled Love on the Inside , was released on July 22, Regarding the trio's collaboration, she said:.
We really wanted to get out of where we had all been as artists and move beyond that to something bigger. Consequently all the songs reflect that; 'Fly Away,' 'Baby Girl,' all of those songs - you speak to the human condition and write what you know in your life. Sugarland was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best New Artist category in In an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum , Nettles expressed interest in appearing in a Broadway play, stating in particular that she would like to play the role of Elphaba in Wicked.
The pair returned to the stage later in the program to perform the hymn "Come, O Come Emmanuel", just before the "Jingle Bell Rock" group grande finale of the minute special. After a five-year hiatus while Nettles and Bush recorded solo projects, Sugarland officially reunited in at the 51st Annual Country Music Association Awards and announced that they were working on new music together.
The show was cancelled after one season. Nettles announced in May that she would begin working on a solo album. Nettles co-wrote the song with Butch Walker , and Rick Rubin produced it. The album, also titled That Girl , was released on January 14, In July , Nettles parted ways with Mercury Nashville.
