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Faith Hill is a singer and actor from Ridgeland, Mississippi who attracted a considerable following of admirers in the 1990s. During her childhood and teenage years, Hill performed at churches, rodeos, and other public gatherings near Jackson, Mississippi. Hill also performed frequently for inmates at the Hinds County Jail. She briefly attended college but left school to pursue her interest in music.<\/p>\n
Hill was adopted as an infant by Ted and Edna Perry, who named her Audrey Faith Perry. She was raised in a devout Christian household<\/a> that attended a Baptist church. Faith got much of her early singing experience in church.<\/p>\n Hill\u2019s rise to prominence took place in Nashville, Tennessee, where she moved, intending to start her career as a professional musician. At 19, she auditioned to become a backup singer in Reba McEntire\u2019s band<\/a>. She did not get the position. Later, the singer who joined the group died in a plane crash with other members of McEntire\u2019s band.<\/p>\n Faith Hill worked at a variety of jobs in Nashville before she became a demo singer for the music publishing company her husband, Daniel Hill, worked as an executive. The couple married in 1988 and divorced in 1994 shortly after she released her first album with guidance from Martha Sharp at Warner Bros Records.<\/p>\n During a 1996 tour with fellow country musician Tim McGraw, Hill and McGraw began a relationship. Shortly after meeting McGraw, she left an engagement to record producer Scott Hendricks. McGraw had left an engagement not long before meeting Hill. The two were married in 1996. They have three children, Gracie, Audrey Caroline, and Maggie Elizabeth.<\/p>\n Faith expanded her career in 1997 during a guest appearance on the television series Touched By An Angel<\/em>. She has since been involved as an actor and producer in several movies and television shows.<\/p>\n As of 2021, Faith Hill has released eight studio albums. She has sold more than 40 million albums throughout her career.<\/p>\n