Sara Evans has signed a new record deal with Concord Music Group to release her next album with the label imprint Sugar Hill Records. Expected in early 2017, the new collection will be Evans’ eighth studio album.

“I’m so excited to begin this next chapter of my career with the amazing team at Sugar Hill and Concord Music Group,” she said. “I appreciate how they allow their artists to have complete creative freedom in the music they make, and I love how they think outside of the box to find new and innovative ways to get that music to the fans. I’ve already begun writing and finding songs for the album, and couldn’t be happier with the direction it’s taking and what we’ve put together so far.”

Evans’ new duet “Infinite Love” with Todd Chrisley from Chrisley Knows Best is available now. She and some of her family members will compete against the Chrisley’s on ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud on Sept. 11. Her prize money from the episode will support the life-saving research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Throughout her career, Evans has sold nearly 6 million albums and has five No. 1 country hits to date, including "Suds in the Bucket," "A Real Fine Place to Start" and 2011’s “A Little Bit Stronger.”