“I moved all the time as part of a military family, and I just really did not have very many friends. I remember having these feelings of walking into a room and feeling that nobody likes me, or thinking, 'I'm going to have to sit alone at lunch again.'”

Italian-born American country pop singer

Jessie James Decker is an Italian-born American country pop singer. Born Jessica Rose James Decker, she began building her music career as a teenager and is known for her work as a recording artist and television personality. At 15, she auditioned for country labels in Nashville and was turned down by most of them before working with Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog Music. One of her songs drew the interest of Mercury Records, which signed her. She released her debut album, Jessie James, in 2009, and later appeared with her husband Eric Decker in the 2013 E! reality series Eric & Jessie: Game On.