Entertainment TV Jamie Lynn Spears Breaks Down Talking About Daughter Maddie: She Is the 'Reason I'm Driven to Do This' Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out airs June 26 at 10/9c on TLC By Jeff Nelson Jeff Nelson Instagram Twitter Jeff Nelson is the Senior News Editor, Entertainment at PEOPLE. For nearly a decade, he has worked across the brand's entertainment verticals, reporting on breaking news and writing and editing across platforms, as well as securing A-list cover exclusives, including Barry Manilow's coming out and an at-home interview with Madonna. Jeff has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America, Extra, HLN and SiriusXM, as well as at RuPaul's DragCon as a moderator. He studied magazine journalism at Drake University, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication. People Editorial Guidelines Published on June 23, 2016 09:35 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: TLC Jamie Lynn Spears is getting back to work in her singing career – but her job, first and foremost, is as a mother. The former child star’s documentary, Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out, airs June 26 at 10/9c on TLC, and the starlet will open up about her teenage pregnancy, escaping the spotlight to raise her daughter Maddie and returning to fame – and PEOPLE has an exclusive sneak peek from the show. The clip finds the one-time Zoey 101 star planning her March Grand Ole Opry debut with her father, Jamie Spears, and business manager, Lou Taylor. Spears is reintroducing herself as a country singer-songwriter, and she decided to play a new song, “When the Lights Go Out” during her set at the famed Nashville venue. RELATED VIDEO: Jamie Lynn Spears Reveals Sister Britney’s Advice for Dealing With Public Scrutiny: ‘Trust Yourself’ “Whenever I wrote ‘When the Lights Go Out,’ it was coming from a place … it was the first night, of course, that Maddie was away from me,” says Spears, breaking down in tears discussing the song’s inspiration. “She was with her dad for the first time, and I was by myself. In that moment, I called Daddy – I was just by myself, and I was just like: I want to be able to let people into that side of me because that’s the story. That’s why I’m doing it. As you can tell, the music moves me, of course, but it comes from moments like that.” Added the singer: “It reminds me of exactly why I’m still driven to do this … for this baby girl.” For more on Jamie Lynn Spears’ life now, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday. Now 25, Spears lives in her native Louisiana with husband Jamie Watson – whom she met shortly after she and Maddie’s father split – and 8-year-old Maddie. “She’s got such a sweet little heart,” says Spears in the new issue of PEOPLE. “I feel like I’ve raised her with a lot of honesty, but I’ve also raised her with a lot of love. She’s a very happy, content little girl, and there’s nothing more a parent could ask for. That’s my most proud accomplishment out of anything and always will be.”