Little Love Letters

Little Love Letters is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Carlene Carter, released on June 22, 1993. It had one major Billboard Hot Country Songs hit in the No. 3 "Every Little Thing", and two minor ones in the No. 51 "Unbreakable Heart" and No. 50 "I Love You 'Cause I Want To". The album itself rose to No. 35 on the Top Country Albums chart. "Unbreakable Heart" was later covered by Jessica Andrews on her 1999 debut Heart Shaped World, whose version reached No. 24 on the country singles charts.

Personnel

 * Musicians
 * Eddie Bayers — drums, percussion
 * Carlene Carter — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, autoharp, percussion, vocals
 * Buddy Emmons — pedal steel guitar
 * Howie Epstein — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, banjo, percussion, background vocals
 * Roy Huskey Jr. — upright bass
 * John Jorgenson — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, mandocello, mandolin, slide guitar, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone
 * Albert Lee — acoustic guitar, mandolin
 * David Lindley — acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
 * Jay Dee Maness — pedal steel guitar
 * Phil Parlapiano — accordion, piano
 * Joe Romersa — drums, percussion
 * Benmont Tench — piano, organ, "various other keyboard-related instruments"
 * Willie Weeks — bass guitar

Chorus on "I Love You 'Cause I Want To": NRBQ, Jim Lauderdale, Andy Paley, Kathy Valentine, Dave Edmunds, Susan Cowsill, Phil Parlapiano, Joe Romersa


 * Technical
 * Howie Epstein — production (all tracks)
 * John Jorgenson — production ("Sweet Meant to Be" only)
 * Irvin Kramer — engineering
 * Dale Lavi — photography
 * Chris Lord-Alge — mixing
 * Joe Romersa — engineering
 * Ed Seay — engineering