Cochran is best known for her late 1997-early 1998 single "What If I Said", a duet with Steve Wariner that reached the number-one position on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Anita Cochran was born in South Lyon, Michigan, into a family that enjoyed listening to country music.

The third single, a duet with Steve Wariner titled "What If I Said", reached the top of the U.S.

Her second album, Anita, produced three singles, all of which failed to reach the top 40.

For the first single from her third album, God Created Woman, Cochran spliced in Conway Twitty's vocals from earlier songs of his to form a duet entitled "(I Wanna Hear) A Cheatin' Song".