Country star LeANN RIMES uses her new album to finally end a long-running rift with her parents.

Wilbur and Belinda Rimes helped launch LeAnn’s career, but they fell out with the singer and the star ended up suing her dad in 2000, in a bid to regain control over her career, claiming he had stolen money from her.

They recently reconciled and Rimes has dedicated her new LP, Family, to the repaired relationship with her now-divorced parents.

She says, "All I wanted was my family to be my family and not my management to really have that separation of business and personal life.

"I have that now. I have a wonderful relationship with both of my parents. I dive into that on the title track, Family. I think that is a clarification song for myself and everyone listening."