It all begins with three genius heads who have huge courage of knowing what they want. The members of Sugarland; Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush and Kristen Hall, all led successful careers in music individually before the met each other, making it a huge decision to form a pact. Nettles who grew up in Douglas, Georgia had been singing starting the age of 7. Her stage presence and charisma brought her to front a local band named Soul Miner's Daughter and later, her own pact, Jennifer Nettles Band. She regularly sang in clubs until she was approached by Bush and Hall who wanted to recruit her as their lead singer. With the commitment, Bush was forced to leave his moderately successful band Billy Pilgrim although the duo had a major contract with Atlantic Records, while Hall has to ditch her successful solo career to work with two other heads.