Her fourth album, 2000's Fearless, though certified gold in Canada, was not as successful in the U.S., producing no Top 10 hits.

A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", and the 2005 album Life Goes On were her last releases for Mercury before she signed to BNA Records in 2007.

"If I Were You", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me",[1] "Emotional Girl" and "In My Next Life" all topped the country charts in Canada (the former three were also U.S. Top Ten singles), "Girls Lie Too" reached number one only in the U.S., and "You're Easy on the Eyes" was number one in both countries.

In 2004, Clark gained one of country music's crowning achievements when she became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Clark's grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted Canadian country musicians, having opened for artists such as George Jones and Johnny Cash.

By high school, Clark had grown to love country music and worked at a local Chinese restaurant to save money to move to Nashville, Tennessee.

[4] During the special Clark was visited by Canadian country singers Paul Brandt and George Fox.

To promote the new album, Clark was added as the opening act for Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn 1998 tour.

[7] In August, Clark pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was fined $350 plus court costs, placed on six months' supervised probation and ordered to take an alcohol education course.

[8] After a management change in December 2001, Clark began work on her fifth studio album, Pain to Kill.

The song, written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller, was initially intended to be recorded by Sara Evans, who passed on it.

[11] Clark, who came in second place behind fellow Canadian country singer Shania Twain in a poll in the previous year, turned down the offer saying "I think of all the young girls who come to my shows, I think of those faces, I think of my mother, and I worry about the signal [sex] sends to them[…] If I’m sexy enough for Playboy to want me with my clothes on, then I hope the message can be that sexy is about what’s between your ears, in your heart and your smile.

Clark was officially inducted on June 12, 2004, and is currently the only female Canadian member of the Grand Ole Opry.

The album's only single, "Girls Lie Too", became Clark's first number one in the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes".

A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink" (which was co-written by a then-unknown Eric Church), was released in late 2004, but was not included on any of Clark's studio albums.

None of the album's other singles charted in the United States and Clark parted ways with Mercury Records in March 2006.

Clark, along with Canadian country band Emerson Drive, opened for Big & Rich in Canada, hoping to promote the new album.

[15] My Next Life was delayed several times and remained unreleased leaving Clark to part ways with BNA in November 2008, so she could concentrate more on her career in Canada and possibly launch her own record label.

The video for "Gypsy Boots," directed by Margaret Malandruccolo, was released in Canada on August 6, 2009, and is available for online viewing at Clark's site.

It includes "Smile", a song she wrote for her mom after her death due to a long battle with cancer.

[citation needed] The album was funded through PledgeMusic and was distributed by Clark's own BareTrack Records and Universal Music Canada.

Clark previously co-hosted America's Morning Show on Nash FM with Blair Garner and Chuck Wicks.