As part of country music royalty (the daughter of June Carter Cash and Carl Smith and step daughter of Johnny Cash) Carlene Carter has seen both the ups and downs of the music business and life. She's had her family chronicled in Hollywood film, seen the dark side of fame and struggled with addiction, all the while holding onto the grace and class emboldened by deep family roots. Inspired by her life experiences, STRONGER is a raw but touching recollection of her life of the past three years, years that included the wrenching sorrow of the sudden death of her mother and stepfather within months of each other, as well as the euphoria of meeting and falling in love with the cowboy of her dreams. Prompted by her brother, John Carter Cash, to begin writing and recording again, Carlene brought in John McPhee to produce and engineer her first album of original material in 13 years. Carlene's recent emotional peaks and valleys have inspired her to write the bulk of the material on STRONGER, making for her most honest, real and moving work to date.