'Real Housewives of Atlanta's' Kim Zolciak Slows It Down With New Country Ballad (Audio)

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The chain-smoking, cursing, changing her clothes in a gas station parking lot Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta has given way to a mom, NFL wife, and star of her own upcoming Bravo spinoff, Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding. And it shows in her next single, “Love Me First.”

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In the country ballad, Kim is totally channeling “Ray of Light-era” Madonna with messages of loving herself before anyone else – which the reality star says was inspired by her own experiences.

"My new song is so emotional," she writes on Twitter. "The lyrics we wrote r abt my life & so true!!!"

Her third single after two dance songs, 2009’s “Tardy For The Party” and 2010’s “Google Me,” will be available on iTunes later this month.

While Grammy-winning cast mate Kandi Burrus produced "Tardy," which reached more than 100,000 downloads, Kim worked with producers Patrick GuiTarBoy and Jazze Pha on this new single.

Listen to a snippet from the song below (courtesy of TooFab.com).