Jennifer Nettles
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Nettles in November 2008.
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| Birth name | Jennifer Odessa Nettles |
| Born | September 12, 1974 |
| Origin | Douglas, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Mercury Nashville, Big Machine |
| Associated acts | Sugarland |
| Website | jennifernettles |
Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the lead singer of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Before Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band Bon Jovi's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", a Number One hit on the Billboard country charts.
Jennifer Odessa Nettles was born and raised in the small town of Douglas, Georgia, graduating from Coffee High School. Nettles married Todd Van Sickle in 1998, but the couple divorced in 2007. On November 26, 2011, Nettles married her boyfriend of two years, Justin Miller, in a sunset ceremony at Blackberry Farm in East Tennessee. On June 18, 2012, Nettles and her husband announced they were expecting their first child in November. Their son, Magnus Hamilton Miller, was born in December 2012. "We are so thankful for all the prayers and support and are excited to take some time together as a new family," the couple said in a statement.
Nettles began performing at school assemblies, her Southern Baptist church, and in community theater. She was also a member of Georgia 4-H's Clovers & Company performing arts group from 1986 to 1993.
Nettles studied Sociology and Anthropology at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, and graduated in 1997. While a student there, Nettles and Cory Jones (who at the time was studying classical guitar at the University of Georgia) formed the group Soul Miner’s Daughter. Performing as both an acoustic duo and with a band, they released two albums: The Sacred and Profane in 1996 and Hallelujah in 1998, both of which were composed of songs written collaboratively by Jones and Nettles. Soul Miner's Daughter was invited to perform at the Atlanta installment of Lilith Fair in 1999.
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