Singer Tammy Cochran was born and raised in Ohio, in a little rural town called Austinburg. Its tranquil setting would be just right for a country song. She knew all of her neighbors and people smiled and waved when someone walked by. There was also enough sadness and pain in Cochran's life to write a country song about. She was the last born of three children, the only daughter of %Mabel and %Delmar Cochran. Cochran had two older brothers, %Shawn and %Alan, both tragically born with cystic fibrosis. %Shawn was only 14 when he lost his battle with the disease in 1980. %Alan made it to 1991, to the age of 23. Her brothers' lives, illness, and deaths touched Cochran in a way that shows in her music.