[4] After Graduating college from the University of Alabama[4] Shelly moved to California in 2000 and began playing music in a country duet called Sister South.

[4] Working with producers Mike Post and the legendary Jimmy Bowen, Sister South had a song featured in the Soundtrack for the film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.

Shelly began recording songs with the ACM award-winning producer Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Chris Knight, Lee Ann Womack).

[2] She is an active performer in Nashville and over the years has collaborated with artists such as Members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Dierks Bentley,[9] Cory Chisel,[10] Matraca Berg, Thad Cockrell and Roman Candle.

"[4] Shelly has co-written songs with several artists in Nashville and Los Angeles including Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow)[7] JD Souther, Matraca Berg, Mark D. Sanders, Chris Tompkins, Roman Candle, Mando Saenz and Drivin N Cryin's Kevn Kinney.