1966年8月19日Lee Ann Womack出生于美国得克萨斯州杰克逊维尔市。她是一个受传统歌曲创作风格影响的艺术家，她在90年代后期得到了音乐界的广泛赞誉。她的作品风格与Tammy Wynette和Dolly Parton的风格有些类同之处，关于这一点，许多人都存在共识，这位艺术家自己也在媒体上承认了这一事实。她的音乐作品充满了对过去时代的怀念。她的音乐兴趣培养来自于她那做电台音乐节目主持人的父亲，父亲经常把她带到演播室。中学毕业后，她进入了得克萨斯州的来沃兰德(Levelland)学院学习，这是第一批提供乡村及牧歌音乐学位的学校之一。她加入了学院的乐队;Country Caravan;乐队。她一直跟着这个音乐组织的成员们到处演出。后来，她到纳什维尔的贝尔蒙大学学习音乐课程，随后成为MCA唱片公司A&R部门的实习人员，最后在1995年进入TREE出版社工作。
在这里，她与人合作为Ed Hill, Bill Anderson和Sam Hogin写东西。一年后，她与Decca唱片公司签约，成为一名独奏艺术家。她在1997年推出由Mark Wright(曾与她合作在TREE出版社写作的人)为制作人的专辑，结果在当年获得了两项CMA大奖。之后，另一部由Wright指导制作的专辑《Some Things I Know》的隆重出世，这部作品中融入更多的工作技巧。Womack在这部专辑中与其前夫Jason Sellers合作演唱了《If You're Ever Down In Dallas》，与Billy Lawson和Dale Dodson合作，制作了《The Man Who Made My Mama Cry》。这部作品在1998年10月至11月推向观众，而她的第二个孩子刚好于1999年1月出生。2000年，Womack赢得了一个CMA大奖，获奖作品是她新专辑中主打歌曲《I Hope You Dance》，与这部专辑同名。
After spending several years as a professional songwriter, Lee Ann Womack became one of the breakout contemporary country stars of 1997 with her eponymous debut album. Born and raised in Jacksonville, TX, Womack became infatuated with music at an early age, which is appropriate for the daughter of a disc jockey. Her father often took her to work, where she picked out records to play on the air. Following high-school graduation, she attended South Plains Junior College in Levelland, TX. The school was one of the first in the country to offer degrees in country and bluegrass music, and Womack soon became a member of the college's band, Country Caravan. She traveled throughout the South and California with Country Caravan and stayed with the group until she left South Plains to study music business at Belmont University in Nashville. That led to an internship in MCA's A&R department.
By 1990, she had settled in Nashville, where she married and became a mother. She continued to attend Belmont, as well as write songs. Soon, she began singing on songwriting demos and performing her own showcase concerts. Eventually, Womack was spotted by Tree Publishing at one of her showcases. In 1995, the company signed her after listening to one of her original demos. While she was a staff writer at Tree, she co-wrote songs with Ed Hill, Bill Anderson, Sam Hogin, and Mark Wright. Her songs were recorded by Anderson and Ricky Skaggs. Within a year after signing to Tree, Womack signed to Decca Records as a recording artist. Wright was hired as the producer for Womack's debut album, which was comprised of both original material and songs written by professional songwriters. Mark Chesnutt, Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White, and Tony Brown all appeared on the record, which created a buzz in the industry.
Lee Ann Womack's eponymous album was released in May of 1997, and shortly after its release, it reached the Top Ten on the country chart. I Hope You Dance followed in mid-2000. Something Worth Leaving Behind appeared in mid-2002, and it was a sure fit for Womack to move into the country mainstream for good. A Season for Romance was released before the year's end, but Womack was itching for the stage. In early 2003, Womack earned a small part on the CBS drama The District. She also earned two Grammy nods: one for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Something Worth Leaving Behind and Best Vocal Collaboration (Country) for her duet with Willie Nelson on "Mendocino County Line." Call Me Crazy was released in 2008.