The Ennis Sisters, Maureen, Karen and Teresa, started playing music at a young age, encouraged by their father John and their mother Ceilie.
At the 2001 ECMA Awards in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, held on February 11, the girls were named Roots/Traditional Group of the Year.
That same weekend, The Ennis Sisters received a two-album record deal from Warner Music Canada.
[8] They began recording their major label debut with producer Tim Thorney at Great Big Music Studios.
[9] In 2002, Maureen won the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) award for top grossing Canadian Country Song of the Year for the album's second single, "I'd Never Walk Away.
[11] In August 2002, they signed a distribution deal with Rounder Records to re-release their latest album in the United States.