When the younger sister of one of the biggest pop stars in music history makes a record in Nashville, she's bound to cause a lot of head scratching.

“I never woke up and was like, ‘I’m going to do country music today!'” the actress-turned-singer tells Rolling Stone Country. “But when I started writing and really diving into this music, it was the best format for me to tell my story.”

“When I had my little girl, I really figured what I wanted to do with the rest of my life and what kind of legacy I want to leave behind,” Spears remembers. “That’s when I started writing music, and I didn’t do anything for almost five years. I was just writing, figuring out who I was as an artist.”

One of the first life stories she put to music was that of her headline-grabbing pregnancy. “Shotgun Wedding,” from the singer's five-song EP, The Journey, tells the story of “two bored kids on a Friday night” who have sex in a parking lot, only to find out later via a pregnancy test “in the ladies room at the BP” that they were expecting.

“The paparazzi… they never have the right stories,” she continues. “This is my outlet to tell my story.”

“At the end of the day, it's my story,” she reasons. “I decided a better route to go was that kind of in-your-face, this is what happened…. But in the bridge I say, ‘I ain't trying to say it's right/'Cause you can make a lot of plans, but you can't plan life.'”

Coming into country music as a household name of so many years has proven both a handicap and a springboard for Spears. She's had to not only introduce herself but also prove herself as a singer, as with any Tinsel Town to Music City transfer, there will be naysayers.

“In country music, they want to make sure this is something real before they let you in… because once you're in it, it is the best family ever,” she relates. “It's been hard at times, but I cannot complain because I have a platform that's given me the opportunity to do this independently. I'm very blessed…. As long as I am doing something I'm proud of, that will just have to be what everyone sees.”

Though this country roll has just begun, Spears has moved from Nashville back to Louisiana, where she's a “room mom” at Maddie's school and prioritizes family over work. To her, that's living out country lyrics, just as she and Britney both did as young children. So maybe the real head-scratcher is why her big sis went pop.

With Britney selling millions of records, you would think there would of been more to this story. Perhaps the toils of motherhood and family got in the way of Jamie Lynns budding country career. Yet I'm still forced to ask the question, isn't country music all about family, life, and the ups and downs we all experience. Let's hope she's just taking a break, because I'd really like to see what she can bring to the proverbial country music table in 2015.

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