White was born in Bentonville, Arkansas but raised in Mishawaka, Indiana.
[1] Signed to Columbia Records in 1992, she released her debut album Between Midnight & Hindsight that same year.
In 1993, she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards, along with Martina McBride and Michelle Wright, but lost to Wright.
A critical favorite, reviewer Alanna Nash once described White as "a fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she’s not to be ignored."
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of her Wild Love release, White gave a rare interview from her home near Memphis to journalist Joseph Fenity.