Carrie Underwood Performs With Country Legend For The First Time

Carrie Underwood played at the CMA Summer Fest last night (7/27) in Nashville, and she shared the stage with one country star for the first time.

Donning a cute black cowboy outfit, Carrie shared a picture of herself on Instagram performing with Dwight Yoakam. She wrote, “Never in a million years would I have thought I would get to share the stage with someone this cool! @dwightyoakam, you are a LEGEND and, now, a friend as well! Thank you! #CMASummerJam Guitars…Cadillacs…And Cowboy Hats 📸: @jeffjohnsonimages.”

8 Things You May Not Know About Carrie Underwood

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  Carrie's middle name is Marie and her parents names are Carole and Steve Underwood.

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  Carrie is the youngest of three girls in the family, her sisters are Shanna and Stephanie.

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  Her mother Carole was an elementary school teacher.
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  In high school Carrie was a cheerleader and played on the softball and basketball teams.

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  In college, Carrie studied mass communication and journalism.

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  Carrie competed in numerous beauty pageants at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
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  When she won American Idol in 2005, her winnings included a recording contract worth at least a million dollars, use of a private jet for a year, and a Ford Mustang convertible.

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  Carrie's engagement ring, which she got in 2009 after Mike Fisher proposed featured a yellow diamond and was valued at $150,000.