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.

Little Love Letters
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 1993
GenreCountry
Length42:31
LabelGiant
Producer
Carlene Carter chronology
I Fell in Love
(1990)
Little Love Letters
(1993)
Little Acts of Treason
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Love Letter #1"Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein, Benmont Tench0:57
2."Every Little Thing"Carter, Al Anderson3:12
3."Wastin' Time with You"Carter, Epstein, Tench3:38
4."Unbreakable Heart"Tench3:39
5."Sweet Meant to Be"Carter, Epstein3:15
6."Nowhere Train"Carter, Anni O'Brien3:13
7."Long Hard Fall"Carter, Epstein4:19
8."Little Love Letter #2"Carter, Epstein, Tench2:46
9."I Love You 'Cause I Want To"Carter, Radney Foster3:35
10."World of Miracles"Carter, Epstein4:24
11."First Kiss"Carter, John Jorgenson1:34
12."Hallelujah in My Heart"Carter, Epstein2:41
13."The Rain"Carter, Bernie Taupin3:47
14."Heart Is Right"Carter, Epstein3:20
Total length:44:20

Personnel

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Musicians

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

Chart performance

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 35
U.S. Billboard 200 196
Canadian RPM Country Albums 2
Canadian RPM Top Albums 45

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[2] Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Notes

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  1. ^ Little Love Letters at AllMusic
  2. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 1 March 2020.