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{{Infobox song
| name          = Probably Wouldn't Be This Way
| cover         = Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way LeAnn Rimes.jpeg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[LeAnn Rimes]]
| album         = [[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]
| released      = March 21, 2005
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = [[Country music|Country]]
| length        = 3:37
| label         = [[Curb Records|Curb]]
| writer        = John Kennedy<br />Tammi Kidd
| producer      = [[Dann Huff]]
| prev_title    = [[Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense]]
| prev_year     = 2005
| next_title    = [[Something's Gotta Give (LeAnn Rimes song)|Something's Gotta Give]]
| next_year     = 2006
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|JnjWaw0u8yE|"Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"}}}}
}}
"'''Probably Wouldn't Be This Way'''" is a song recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[LeAnn Rimes]]. It was written by John Kennedy and Tammi Kidd and produced by [[Dann Huff]]. It was released on March 21, 2005, as the second single from Rimes's seventh studio album [[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|''This Woman'']] (2005).

It peaked at number 3 on the [[Hot Country Songs]]. It was also a crossover hit, peaking at number 8 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart. In Canada, it rose to number 19 on the country music chart and number 18 on the adult contemporary chart.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2005–2006)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| align="left" |Canada AC (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-04-28.pdf|title=Canada AC Top 30|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1655|page=45|date=April 28, 2006}}</ref>
| align="center" |18
|-
| align="left" |Canada Country (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-10-14.pdf|title=Canada Country Top 30|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1628|page=50|date=October 14, 2005}}</ref>
| align="center" |19
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|54|artist=LeAnn Rimes|artistid=155119|accessdate=2010-08-28}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=LeAnn Rimes|artistid=155119|accessdate=2010-08-28}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|8|artist=LeAnn Rimes|artistid=155119|accessdate=2010-08-28}}
|-
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2005)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2005: Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2005| accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | 26
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2006)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
|US [[Adult Contemporary]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Release dates and format(s) for "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
!Region
!Date
!Format(s)
!Label(s)
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |United States
|March 21, 2005
|[[Country radio]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Asylum-Curb Records|Asylum-Curb]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 18, 2005 |title=Going for Adds - Country |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-03-18.pdf |work=[[Radio & Records]] |page=21}}</ref>
|-
|January 9, 2006
|[[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary radio]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 2006 |title=Going for Adds - AC |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-01-06.pdf |work=[[Radio & Records]] |page=21}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Allmusic|class=song|id=t7471788|label=Probably Wouldn't Be This Way}}

{{LeAnn Rimes singles}}
[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:2005 songs]]
[[Category:LeAnn Rimes songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Dann Huff]]
[[Category:Curb Records singles]]
[[Category:Country ballads]]