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Carly Pearce Hasn’t Soured On Romantic Relationships

Carly Pearce has had her share of heartbreak in love, including the quick marriage and divorce from Michael Ray in 2020, but that hasn’t stopped her from finding love again….

Carly Pearce Hasn't Soured On Romantic Relationships
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Carly Pearce has had her share of heartbreak in love, including the quick marriage and divorce from Michael Ray in 2020, but that hasn't stopped her from finding love again.

Carly has been seen at award shows and around town with a new love Riley King, whom she met through mutual friends and has been dating for about a year. Pearce told ET after she was seen kissing her new beau in November at the CMA Awards, "It feels really good, and I think it is all in the right timing. I feel really lucky in every sense."

Carly noted in a recent interview for her 29: Written In Stone album, "In relationships that I've seen and that I've been through, it's so easy to just be sad and think, 'what's wrong with me' or 'what happened?'"

She added, "And really, a lot of times, you just have to know that you're worth it, and if a relationship doesn't work out, it's gonna be fine because you're gonna find something that's more suited for you."

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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.