Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
August 23rd, 2021
Carrie Underwood was performing at the Barefoot Country Music Festival in New Jersey over the weekend when the rain started pouring down. She kept singing just the same.
Carrie later posted a video of her rainy performance On Instagram writing, ” 🎶I’m siiiiiiinging in the rain🎶 Such a fun night in Jersey at the @barefootcountrymusicfest !!! I couldn’t have hoped for a better crowd…or better weather! Thanks for the ❤️!”
Carrie's middle name is Marie and her parents names are Carole and Steve Underwood.
Carrie is the youngest of three girls in the family, her sisters are Shanna and Stephanie.
Her mother Carole was an elementary school teacher.
In high school Carrie was a cheerleader and played on the softball and basketball teams.
In college, Carrie studied mass communication and journalism.
Carrie competed in numerous beauty pageants at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
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.
Carrie's engagement ring, which she got in 2009 after Mike Fisher proposed featured a yellow diamond and was valued at $150,000.
