Born to Fly reached number six on the Top Country Albums chart and the top-sixty of the Billboard 200.

[2] It is the best-selling album of Evans' career, having been certified 2× platinum in the United States.

[4] In August 2003, she released the pop-inspired Restless, whose lead single "Perfect" reached the Top 5.

Restless was certified platinum in the United States shortly after the success of its third single "Suds in the Bucket",[1] which became Evans' third number one hit.

Evans' fifth studio album, Real Fine Place, was released in October 2005; it became her first record to debut at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, for selling one hundred thirty thousand copies in its first week.