Jamie Lynn Spears: 'Britney created so much power for herself – I wanted that too'

The former teen star on why she's not jealous of her more famous sister, and the strain that legal battles have placed on the Spears family

Jamie Lynn Spears was sitting in a car, surrounded by screaming fans, when it finally hit her. Of course, she knew her sister Britney was successful - she had seen her swap family singalongs for pop stardom - but this was next-level. Something clicked in my head on that car ride," she recalls, like, my sister is famous: Mariah Carey famous. She'd created so much power for herself. At that moment I knew I wanted it, too."

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