Carly Pearce

She's I, when she, we went to her compound.

Um, I thought I was doing a commercial for Dollywood and she surprised me and invited me to be a member of the Opry a few years ago.

And literally it was like, like you're saying like this, this, this, I mean, she had a schedule.

Like we had a few moments, she handed me some of her new perfume and she was like, you're my little Dollywood girl.

And she was out onto the next thing.

Like just like no BS.

So my legal last name is Carly Slusser.

Horrible name for a country singer.

And when I was like 14, my mom, you know, she would take my pictures and we'd go to Staples and get the CDs printed so that we could pass them out.

And so my name, my middle name is Christine.

So for a long time I was Carly Christine, you know, cause that felt right.

And then my grandparents, um, my mom's maiden name is Pierce and they were super influential in my life.

They were the ones that kind of shaped my love of country music.

My grandpa, um,

way back in the day used to ride the school bus with Skeeter Davis of the Davis sisters.

And that was like his girlfriend for a little bit of time.

And she was, you know, like a country music artist and somebody that's been influential.

And my grandma loved Loretta Lynn.

She loved Tammy Wynette.

Um,