“Nashville” creator Callie Khouri is returning with another story set in the world of country music. She’s been hired by Lifetime to helm “Patsy & Loretta,” an original movie about country music stars Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Megan Hilty (“Smash”) will play the former and Jessie Mueller (Broadway’s “Waitress”) the latter. Deadline confirmed the news.

Filming this month in Nashville, “Patsy & Loretta” is penned by Angelina Burnett (“Halt and Catch Fire”) and will revisit how the singers first met. “Cline already was one of the biggest stars in country music and Lynn was starting out with little to her name but a $17 guitar,” the source details. Instead of seeing the newcomer as competition, Cline took Lynn under her wing to help her make it in Nashville. They soon became close friends, touring together, bonding over their husband troubles, and commiserating on being females in the male-dominated music business.”

Cline was killed in a plane crash at age 30 in 1963. Her hits included “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “Sweet Dreams.” “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man),” “Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” and  “Coal Miner’s Daughter” are among Lynn’s best known songs.

“Cline and Lynn’s respective daughters, Julie Fudge and Patsy Lynn Russell, are set to co-produce ‘Patsy & Loretta,'” according to Deadline.

“Patsy & Loretta” is slated to air on Lifetime later this year.

Best known for her Oscar-winning screenplay for “Thema & Louise,” Khouri’s directing credits include “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” “Mad Money,” and many episodes of “Nashville.”