Carly Pearce: What Fans Don’t Know About Her Will Surprise Them

Carly Pearce seems to have been everywhere in the last year. She hosted the ACM Honors in Nashville, was celebrated as a CMT Artist of the Year, attended the CMA Awards, performed on the show, headlined shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, and even hosted the CMA Country Christmas TV special.

We were surprised when we asked what many fans don't know about her. She told us, "Something that you don't know… I am a little bit shy at my core. When I'm at home by myself, I'm kind of an introvert and just a little bit of a loner (laugh)."

One thing Pearce admits to not being crazy for is sports, so when many country stars jumped for joy when Georgia won the College National Football Championship earlier this month, she was not watching. When it comes to sports, she admits she only cheers for one team, the University of Kentucky basketball. Carly said, "I love everything to do with the Kentucky Wildcats basketball. But I grew up with a father that's very into sports and was very athletic. We like to watch races and running 'cause we both run, and things like that." She added, "But I'm not very athletic other than running, so I've never really gotten that super into it, other than UK basketball."

Getting ready to start touring again this spring with Blake Shelton, Carly recently posted to Twitter, "Still can't believe I will be back on the road with @blakeshelton! The #BackToTheHonkyTonk Tour starts in ONE MONTH!"

This week (1/19), Pearce will be performing at Luke Bryan's "Crash My Playa" in Mexico. She posted to Twitter, "SO excited to head to Mexico this week for #CrashMyPlaya! I perform on Thursday at 7:30! See y'all at the Beach Stage!"

The 2022 CMT Artists of the Year special will air tonight (10/14) on CMT. Filmed on Wednesday night (10/12) in Nashville, CMT honored Kane Brown, Walker Hayes, Luke Combs, Carly Pearce, and Cody Johnson as the five artists of the Year.

They also honored Alan Jackson as the CMT Artist of a Lifetime and Lainey Wilson as the CMT Breakout Artist of the Year.

The "Artists of the Year" is determined by what acts dominated the last 12 months in country music across all CMT platforms and notched number-one albums and singles.

In a press release back in September , CMT's Senior Vice President of Production said, "We are honored to recognize the astounding achievements of this illustrious group of artists over the past Year. Carly, Cody, Luke, Kane, and Walker all represent the vibrant future of the country music format as they defy convention and blaze new trails, breaking industry records and genre barriers. We can't wait to celebrate their extraordinary accomplishments alongside their fellow artists and friends."

Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, and Walker Hayes are first-time CMT Artists of the Year, while Kane Brown and Luke Combs were each honored for the third time (2019, 2021 & 2022).