Labor of Love (Sammy Kershaw album)

Labor of Love is the fifth studio album by the American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Mercury Records. It was his third album to achieve RIAA platinum certification and his highest-charting album on the Top Country Albums charts, where it peaked at #5.

In order of release, this album's singles were "Love of My Life", "Matches", "Honky Tonk America" and "One Day Left to Live", which respectively reached #2, #22, #31 and #35 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Little Did I Know" was co-written by Dave Gibson (formerly of the Gibson/Miller Band) and Bill McCorvey, lead vocalist of Pirates of the Mississippi.

Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
 * Eddie Bayers - drums
 * Stuart Duncan - fiddle
 * Paul Franklin - steel guitar
 * Sammy Kershaw - lead vocals
 * Brent Mason - electric guitar
 * Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
 * John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
 * Joe Spivey - fiddle
 * John D. Willis - acoustic guitar
 * Glenn Worf - bass guitar