Jennifer Nettles (formerly of Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band), Kristian Bush (formerly of Billy Pilgrim) and Kristen Hall were all part of the influential Atlantan folk-rock scene of the 1990s and early 2000s. All three songwriters had already garnered significant acclaim as individual songwriters before coming together to form Sugarland in 2002.
Sugarland signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2004. The trio released their major label debut, Twice the Speed of Light, in October that year. The album features the hit single "Baby Girl," which spent a total of 46 weeks on the Country music charts, setting a record at the time for the longest chart run ever. In our interview with Jennifer Nettles, she told us the song was autobiographical: "It was also a self-fulfilling prophecy in the sense that it was the first single, and it manifested itself in a way of showing that success."
In 2005, Jennifer Nettles collaborated with Bon Jovi on a country version of their song, "Who Says You Can't Go Home." The track was originally intended to be a collaboration with Keith Urban, but Jon Bon Jovi decided that Urban's voice was too similar to his own and chose to duet with Nettles instead. The song was a hit, peaking at #1 on the country music charts.
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