- (January 13, 2013) Her longtime boyfriend and father of her 9-month-old son Zayne, David Wilson, committed suicide by gunshot at the age of 34.
- Engaged to Dean Cain September 18th 1997 - August 1998.
- Had two sons: Zander Ryan McCready (b. March 25, 2006) with her ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight, and Zayne Wilson (b. April 9, 2012) with her now late boyfriend David Wilson.
- Arrested July 21, 2007, in Florida and charged with battery and resisting arrest.
- On September 30, 2008, began a 60-day jail sentence after being convicted of probation violation.
- Was admitted to Cape Coral Hospital in Ft. Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2010.
- Convicted in 2004 for fraudulently obtaining prescription painkillers. In 2005, while on probation for that offense, was charged with driving under the influence. Was found not guilty of the DUI charge, but guilty of driving on a suspended license.
- Country singer.
- In September 2005, while she was pregnant with William Patrick "Billy" McKnight's child, she attempted suicide again by overdosing on antidepressants. In March 2006, McCready gave birth to a son, Zander Ryan McCready.
- On December 17, 2008, paramedics were called to McCready's Nashville home after an apparent suicide attempt; they transported her to a hospital after finding wounds on her wrists.
- On February 17, 2013, McCready's neighbors called the Sheriff's Office of Cleburne County, Arkansas, reporting gunshots. McCready was found dead on her front porch from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the same place where David Wilson, her former boyfriend and the father of her younger son, had fatally shot himself one month prior. She also shot and killed Wilson's pet dog before her suicide.
- She was an American country music singer who was active from 1995 until her death in 2013,.
- In December 2003, she began dating aspiring singer William Patrick "Billy" McKnight. On May 8, 2005, McKnight was arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating and choking her. After reporting to People magazine that she had cut ties with McKnight, McCready was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, after attempting suicide in July 2005.
- A pornographic videotape of McCready and an ex-boyfriend referred to as "Peter" went on sale by Vivid Entertainment in 2010.
- On November 17, 2008, McCready spoke in more detail to Inside Edition about her affair with Roger Clemens. She stated that their relationship lasted for more than a decade, ending when Clemens refused to leave his wife to marry McCready. She was 16 when they first met, she said, adding that the relationship didn't become sexual "until several years later".
- In July, she was charged in Arizona with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution. An arrest warrant was issued for her the following month for violation of her probation when she left Tennessee without her probation officer's permission. She was also charged with not reporting to her probation officer during July. She was finally arrested in Florida and returned to Tennessee. She faced a hearing later that year on charges of violating her probation on a drug charge by failing to check in with her probation officer and leaving the state without permission to go to Florida.
- McCready was associated with and allegedly victimized by con man Jonathan Roda. The case was featured on the 2012 episode "Got to Make You a Superstar" of the series I (Almost) Got Away with It.
- When she was 18, McCready moved to Nashville, where she was signed by BNA Records.
- In mid-2011, McCready appeared on an episode of each of Celebrity Close Calls and Celebrity Ghost Stories. She also appeared on the December 9, 2011 episode of 20/20, where she discussed her son Zander, her producer boyfriend David Wilson, and new music.
- McCready's first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the No. 1 hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top 10 hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)".
- Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.
- In June 2009, McCready signed on to appear on the reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. The series aired and depicted her struggle with substance addiction. She later discussed her recovery and possible studio work with Todd Gaither on a March 2010 episode of The View.
- McCready began singing in her local Pentecostal church at age 3[5] and graduated from high school at the age of 16 to begin her music career early.
- Her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, was released in 1996 and sold two million copies.
- Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold.
- In 1999, McCready released I'm Not So Tough. The first single, "All I Want Is Everything", failed to break the top 50. The album was a commercial failure, selling 144,000 copies. Soon after, McCready's record company dropped her.
- In 1997, she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards, but lost to LeAnn Rimes.
- In 2009, she joined the cast of Celebrity Rehab 3 with Dr. Drew Pinsky.
- On May 25, 2010, McCready was hospitalized in Cape Coral, Florida, for a possible drug overdose; she may have had a reaction to Darvocet her mother had given her. She was released later that day and returned home.
- In April 2008, the New York Daily News reported a possible long-term relationship between McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15. Clemens issued a statement saying only, "I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry." McCready described the relationship as being sexual in nature.
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