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Once Upon a Shattered Life is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock band Seventh Day Slumber. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle, and released on February 1, 2005. It is the only album by the band to feature drummer Juan Alvarez. It sold more copies than its predecessor album, and is considered to be the band's breakthrough into the mainstream Christian industry, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.