Country singer Sara Evans is back with her limited engagement tour of “At Christmas,” stopping at 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe.

Evans began her career in the late 1990s and quickly became one of country music’s top female singers with five No. 1 country singles, including “No Place That Far,” “Suds In the Bucket,” “A Real Fine Place To Start,” “Born to Fly” and “A Little Bit Stronger.”

She received the Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist award and numerous American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Country Music Association awards, CMA Video of the Year award (“Born to Fly”) and has been nominated for Grammy Awards. Her album, “Born to Fly” went double-platinum, “Real Fine Place” and “Restless’ went platinum and “No Place That Far” went gold.

“On the personal side, the award and title of mom is the one that honors me the most,” Evans says in a phone interview. “I love being a mother and wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

“On the professional side, the award that I’m most proud of is my ACM Top Female Vocalist award. I grew up watching my idols win that award and am so honored to be included in that group of amazing women. I’m not done yet, though, and have many more dreams and aspirations.”

“Words,” first album from her recently-launched record label, Born To Fly Records, distributed by Sony Red, is Evans’ eighth album, debuting at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart. Dubbed the album of her lifetime “that captures an artist in full musical flight” by the Associated Press, it was named among Billboard’s and Rolling Stone’s favorite country albums of 2017.

“With ‘Words,’ it was the first time I’d released an album away from RCA and the first time on my own Born To Fly label. It was the beginning of a new chapter for me in which I had full control of every aspect of the project: from which songs to record, which musicians to use on the album; which photo to use for the album cover, down to which font to use in the packaging.

“Having that complete freedom and control allowed me to really stretch creatively in all ways. I also pushed myself to sing stronger and better than I ever have and try some different styles that I hadn’t before. I’m in love with how it turned out,” says Evans.

In 2018, Evans was presented the NAB Education Foundation’s Service to America Leadership Award in honor of her philanthropic work.

As a Red Cross ambassador, Evans received the Crystal Cross award for her work with the disaster relief organization and recently raised more than $10,000 for the CMA Foundation and music education from the sale of her “OneHope Sara Evans Signature Series” 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.

“I truly love using my platform to give back as much as I can. The CMA Foundation has been a passion recently trying to get instruments and music programs funded in schools. I’ve been helping with their ‘It Starts with M.E.’ campaign recently.

“The one cause that I’ve always been passionate about is helping to take care of sick children. Anytime I can help organizations like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Children’s Miracle Network, I’m always there to raise my hand and ask how I can help,” Evans says.

The “At Christmas” tour 2018 is a nod to Evans’ first-full length Christmas songs recording.

“A few years ago, when I was still on RCA they approached me about recording a full Christmas album. I had recorded a Christmas song here or there throughout the years, but never a full collection. I love Christmas and Christmas music, so I jumped at the chance to put together a full project.

“I knew I wanted to cover my favorite classics but also have a new original song on the project that could hopefully become a classic moving forward. My good friend and co-writer Shane Stevens wrote the song “At Christmas’ with Toby Lightman just for me and this project.”

“Having a full Christmas project out was the perfect excuse to go on tour and share these songs with the fans. It’s the favorite time of year on the road for not only me but my band as well,” says Evans.

Tickets: Penn’s Peak box office, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe; pennspeak.com; ticketmaster.com; 800-745-3000