State of the Heart is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, released by Columbia Records on June 13, 1989.

Featuring a more country sound than her debut Hometown Girl (1987), State of the Heart eventually rose to the No.

28 position on the Billboard's Country Albums chart, with four of its tracks finding places within the Hot Country Singles chart.

8, "Quittin' Time" at No.

All songs written by Mary Chapin Carpenter unless noted.