Every singer dreams of having that monster hit, of hearing his or her song coming out of radios everywhere.

Lee Ann Womack had that in 2000’s “I Hope You Dance.” For the single, she won Grammy, Billboard, Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Song of the Year awards, and it helped the album of the same name go triple platinum.

But there is a negative to such success. The follow-up album, 2002’s “Something Worth Leaving Behind,” had more of the crossover flavor of “I Hope You Dance,” but didn’t sell well. The traditional country fans stayed away in droves, as did the casual Womack fans. It didn’t help that the album came out as her label, MCA, was being folded into Universal Music, and may have gotten lost somewhat as a result.

“You never want to become known as the singer of one song,” said Womack, who will play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bangor Auditorium with Joe Nichols and opening act Jeff Bates.

So Womack, who had carefully sculpted “Something,” went home to Nashville, to the gated community where she lives with her second husband, Frank Liddell, and their two daughters, Aubrie, 14, and Anna Lise, 6. The only sign of her on the changing country landscape in the past two years was a greatest-hits album.

While she was off the road, Womack was still working on her career, listening to thousands of songs before settling on the 13 that make up her new album, “There’s More Where That Came From,” which was released in February by MCA Nashville.

“You always try to make the best music you can,” she said from Nashville. “I found ‘I May Hate Myself in the Morning’ first, and began looking for material that would go along with that song.”

One of her biggest advisers is her husband, a producer and song publisher.

“He knows great songs,” said Womack, 38. “I always try to run things by him, and listen when he has something that he wants me to hear.”

This time in the studio, Womack worked with popular producer Byron Gallimore, known for his work with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. She downplayed any transition to Gallimore’s style of production.

“I went about things the way I had before, with the same studios and the same players,” she said. “I’ve used several different producers in the past. It wasn’t a challenge, but it was a lot of fun working with somebody else.”

Womack grew up the daughter of a Texas country disc jockey, and there was always music around for her to study. A return to more traditional country, her new album is gaining her comparisons by critics to some of her childhood favorites, including Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.

“I love that kind of music, and it’s something I know something about,” she said. “So I do take that as a compliment.”

Womack was surprised to learn that she would be playing with Nichols and Bates in Bangor.

“I’m very much looking forward to it,” she said. “That’s awesome. I’m a huge, huge Joe Nichols fan. I love to hear him sing.”

Now, after a lengthy hiatus, Womack is going back on the road, with mixed feelings.

“I missed it terribly, but it’s hard to leave the kids,” she said. “That’s the only thing.”

Tickets for the Lee Ann Womack-Joe Nichols-Jeff Bates concert are available at the Bangor Auditorium box office or by calling 990-4444 or 775-3331. Dale McGarrigle can be reached at dmcgarrigle@bangordailynews.net.