Recently seen on the Red Carpet at the ACM Awards, Stump is the brainchild behind the forthcoming book "How They Sell Music," a primer for those just getting started in the business written by herself and a host of other successful musicians. She's active with charity work, having helped out those affected by the damage caused by the tornados that so often sweep through her native Oklahoma, and when she goes hunting (for turkeys) she donates what she bags to Okie food banks. She's since folded the venture but for a year or so she ran her own hair accessory company. And oh yeah, she has a hit record out.

Stump has an album dropping in mid-May called Like This and the first single off the record, "Stay at Home Soldier," has hit big for her. The song has a catchy hook but even more so it has an emotional one as the song relates how it feels to be at home worrying and raising a family while a spouse if overseas serving in the military. The music video for the song really brings home the message that war is indeed hell and not just for those being shot at.

Currently living in Nashville, Stump is quick with a laugh and she has a down-to-earth personality that belies her burgeoning stardom. Immediately likeable, fans will no doubt be outright in love with her as the year plays out and more of her music filters onto the radio and into the honky-tonks.

Purchase "Stay at Home Soldier" here.

Watch the "Stay at Home Soldier" video here.