Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini are close, close friends now, but it wasn’t always that way. Pearce and Ballerini first met in a therapy session years ago, and Pearce became instantly jealous of Ballerini’s promising career. “A big turning point for me was somewhere around 24, 25. I met Kelsea Ballerini and was honest,” Pearce recalled on SiriusXM’s Exit…
Carly Pearce very openly detailed her heartache about her unexpected divorce from Michael Ray in her latest album, 29. While Pearce has no regrets about bearing her heart on the project, those songs no longer indicate her feelings now. “It would be lighter,” Pearce tells People, when asked what an album called 31, her current age, would sound like….
The Grand Ole Opry is lifting its seating restrictions, and returning to full capacity, beginning on Friday, May 14. The inaugural show, which will mark the first time in more than a year that the Grand Ole Opry is not limiting the amount of guests, will feature performances by Lorrie Morgan, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charles Esten and Aaron…
Lindsay Ell and Carly Pearce were friends long before quarantine, but they’ve grown only closer while both off the road together. Ell, who was one of the few celebrity guests at Pearce’s wedding to Michael Ray in October of 2019, gushed about Pearce, and how she has managed to not only survive but thrive amid all of the challenges…
Lee Brice and Carly Pearce recently walked away with two ACM Awards trophies, for Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year, both for their No. 1 duet, “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” Along with validating his own talent, the acknowledgement was special to him because of the impact it had on Pearce. “I’ve just been really…
Carly Pearce loves being on the road more than anything else. So when she unexpectedly had to cancel all of her tour dates, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, her heart broke when she had to say goodbye to her band. “As an artist you kind of go into auto pilot a little bit, and you’re kind of…
Happy birthday, Carly Pearce! The singer turns 31 on April 24. We are celebrating her big day by finding 11 fun things to know about one of country music’s rising stars. 1. Pearce isn’t her last name. Pearce’s real name is Carly Cristyne Slusser. She chose Pearce as her stage name, after her grandparents, since it was from them…
Carly Pearce recently debuted a new song, “Dear Miss Loretta,” live from the Grand Ole Opry. The song was a tribute to her own musical hero, Loretta Lynn, someone she grew up admiring, even as a young girl. “One of the lyrics in that song is, ‘I’m not a coal miner’s daughter, but my grandmother was,’” Pearce told PopCulture.com….
Carly Pearce walked away with two ACM Awards earlier this week, for Music Event of the Year and Single of the Year, both for her “I Hope You’re Happy Now” collaboration with Lee Brice. For Pearce, the industry honor is more than just recognition for her talent, but also proof that she has something important to say. “It’s a…
Fans didn’t have to do too much deciphering to figure out what went wrong in Carly Pearce ‘s marriage to Michael Ray, after listening to her telling 29 EP. The seven-track record includes songs like “Should’ve Known Better,” “Liability,” “Next Girl” and more, but while Pearce might be singing about her truth, at least from her perspective, she insists 29…
