Following her 2001 album, Yearwood spent time with family and eventually established a romantic relationship with Garth Brooks. In September 2005, she released her first album of new recordings in four years, "Jasper County". The album reunited her with Fundis on production duties, and took its name from Jasper County, Georgia, the Georgia county in which she was raised. The album consisted of mostly upbeat Soul-styled songs, including "Sweet Love", and "Who Invented the Wheel". It received positive reviews by critics, including AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who called it "an album that stretches further musically than most of her albums while being more cohesive than most of her records as well." It received five stars from About.com, praising the songs "Georgia Rain", "Who Invented the Wheel", and "Standing Out in a Crowd". The album became her third to reach number one on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart. It also peaked at number 4 on the "Billboard" 200, selling 117,000 copies within its first week. Its first week sales eclipsed those of Paul McCartney's "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard", which was released within the same week. The first single, "Georgia Rain", peaked at number 15 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her first major hit since 2002. The second single, "Trying to Love You" was released to radio October 31, reaching number 52. Within a month of the album's release, "Jasper County" certified gold from the RIAA, becoming Yearwood's eleventh Gold certification of her career.