The Life of Mary Chapin Carpenter

For anyone who has started their singing or musical career in their early years, Mary Chapin Carpenter would be the one to compare lives with. She can light up a stage with her favorite song, "Leaving on a Jet Plane," or make you cry or laugh with her lyrics to her own craftily written songs.

Chapin Carpenter Jr. and his wife Mary Bowie Robertson celebrated their joyous birth of Mary Chapin Carpenter in a small town of New Jersey. During the 1970's, Mary Chapin Carpenter actually lived on one of the islands of Japan before taking up residence in Washington, D.C. two years later. Mary's education was rocky, but she spent her learning time in top prep schools, such as a Connecticut prep school, and she also attended a Princeton Day elementary school in 1976.

Mary Chapin Carpenter's taste for music began early, like most great singers, and listened to anything available in her parent's home. Her mother owned early copies of Woody Guthrie, J. Collins, and The Beatles' records also. Mary Chapin learned to play the piano and guitar while in high school. With these passions came delightful sounds, but problems lingered around every corner.

After completing high school, Mary Chapin Carpenter performed at her first bar, located just a few miles from her house. Before that, performing for crowds wasn't on her agenda. What was on her mind was the dreaded bottle. Mary developed a critical drinking addiction when she was in college at Brown University. Mary finally admitted she had an issue with this drug and sought much needed help.

Mary Chapin Carpenter became sober enough to fully decide that music would be her life and eventually quit altogether. She hopped from bar to bar in the beginning of her soon- to- become stardom relationship with a microphone, while obtaining her degree in American Civilization. Her hard work rewarded her a spot to join Columbia Records, and did just that.

This bright little lady snatched fans' attention by releasing her first album entitled, "Hometown Girl," with help from John Jennings and devoted country listeners. Soon after came the criticism from critics saying she had a too broad range of song genres and needed to focus on only one specific genre. Mary Chapin didn't respond to this attack, instead she released, "A Place in the World" as her second official album. You can bet this threw the critics through a loop.

Mary stayed single throughout most of her life, but you can't say she didn't try. Indeed she did. She and Tim Smith decided they'd try married life, though, and bought a farm in the south to prosper on.

Around this same time, the country charts exploded with "Come On Come On" and rapidly went platinum. Country fans say they will never forget when, in 1992, "Come On Come On" blurted out all of those radio stations and stereo speakers, sending sparks through people's hearts and souls.

She continued this success after a selected group of doctors told Mary she had pulmonary embolisms, which are like tiny blood clots in her chest. With immediate surgery and precious care, Mary was back to being Mary Chapin Carpenter.

During the 1990's, Mary wrote "Passionate Kisses," along with "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," a lovely song about affection and desire between two people. She continued this trend with a follow up to every major-selling record and racked up her number one's and chart toppers too.

With so much success in her life, you might think all of this would go straight to her head, but absolutely not! Mary Chapin Carpenter is poised and headstrong, and will continue to be as long as she lives. The product of two people's love is magnificent, and Mary is living, singing proof of that.

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