Poole married Ally McErlaine, the lead guitarist from the Scottish band Texas, in Glasgow on 5 October 2001.

[5][6] Shelly Poole went on to achieve success writing songs and producing for other artists throughout the late nineties, and to the present day.

In late 2008, Shelly formed the alternative country band Red Sky July, with McErlaine, and Charity Hair.

As a songwriter, Poole has written tracks for Janet Jackson, Jack Savoretti, Ronan Keating, Boyzone, Westlife, Ward Thomas, Michael Gray, Mark Ronson, Massive Attack, Roachford, and many more.

[9][10][11] Her solo album, Hard Time for the Dreamer, was released in September 2005 on the Transistor Project record label,[12] and reached the Top 10 of the French and United Kingdom iTunes chart.