Born the daughter of a Life magazine executive on February 21, 1958, in Princeton, New Jersey, Mary Chapin Carpenter grew up on pop music. She spent part of her childhood in Japan, and grew up singing and playing the guitar. A student at Brown University, she earned a degree in American Civilization. Mary participated in talent shows, winning five Washington Area Music Awards by 1986.

Cutting several albums without a hit, she finally had four Top 20 hits on her "State of the Heart" album in 1989. The turning point of her career came in 1992 with "Come On, Come On", impressively producing seven Top 20 Hits. Although none of them hit number one, "Passionate Kisses", "I Feel Lucky", and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" definitely gave her career a boost. They also earned her several CMA and Academy of Country Music Awards for Top Female Vocalist and Female Vocalist of the Year.

Carpenter won three Grammy awards, Best Country Album, Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance in 1994 for her number one song "Shut Up and Kiss Me" on her "Stones in the Road" album, which contained her first number one hit "Shut Up and Kiss Me". Having personally witnessed the events of September 11, 2001, her song "Grand Central Station" reflects on that experience. Chapin Carpenter and her husband, Tom Smith, live in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

Grow Old With Me : Columbia Nashville

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Passionate Kisses (Album Version) : Columbia/Legacy

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Down At The Twist And Shout (Album Version) : Columbia

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I Feel Lucky (Album Version) : Columbia/Legacy

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The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter : Columbia/Legacy

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He Thinks He'll Keep Her (Album Version) : Columbia

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Come On Come On : Columbia

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The Calling : Zoe Records

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10,000 Miles (Album Version) : Columbia/Legacy

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Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas : Zoe Records

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