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Carly Pearce’s On Her ‘Side Stage Fiancé,’ Michael Ray

Carly Pearce got to chat with People Now after she read the nominations for the 2019 CMT Music Awards and found out her video “Closer To You” was nominated in…

Carly Pearce's 'Side Stage Fiance'
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Carly Pearce got to chat with People Now after she read the nominations for the 2019 CMT Music Awards and found out her video "Closer To You" was nominated in the Female Video of the Year category.

Carly discussed her fiancé Michael Ray, who appears in the video. "We really do respect each other as singers, songwriters and business people, so it's really fun."

She's back on the road with Jason Aldean's "Ride All Night Tour" and she notes that she gets to bring Michael Ray along for the shows. She says, "My fiancé gets to come out all weekend so maybe we'll celebrate there."

When Michael does join Carly out on the road she says "He jokes and says he's 'Side Stage Fiancé.'" And that's okay with him; Pearce says that everyone on the tour loves when Ray comes around.

The CMT Music Awards will be handed out live on CMT on June 5, 2019.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.