Born in the bluegrass state of Kentucky, Carly Pearce was destined for country music stardom. She fronted a touring bluegrass band at the tender age of 11, later leaving her high school and moving to Pigeon Forge to perform at "Dollywood" at the age of 16.
Since moving to Nashville in 2009, Carly has shared the stage with artists such as Hunter Hayes, Florida Georgia Line and Gary Alan, toured with "Pretty Little Liars" star Lucy Hale as her backup singer, been a regular artist at the legendary "Bluebird Cafe" and made her Grand Ole Opry debut May 30th.
Her first single, "Blame the Whiskey," has been a listener favorite on Sirius XM's The Highway over the last year, she signed an endorsement deal with international makeup line "Essence" cosmetics, was named one of Rolling Stones' "10 Artists to Watch This Summer", became one of CMT's "Next Women of Country" for 2016, signed with CAA Nashville for booking and currently opening for artists such as Kelsea Ballerini and the Josh Abbott Band, who she recorded a duet ("Wasn't That Drunk") with that will hit radio in January 2016.
Carly recently signed a publishing deal with BMG Nashville and is currently working on new music with hit producer, Busbee.
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans (born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Evans has released eight studio albums: Three Chords and the Truth (1997), No Place That Far (1998), Born to Fly (2000), Restless (2003), Real Fine Place (2005), Stronger (2011), Slow Me Down (2014), Words (2017), plus one Christmas album, At Christmas (2014). Of her albums, Born to Fly is her best-selling, with a double-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of two million copies. She has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts; while none of the singles from her debut album made Top 40 there, she had her first major hit in late 1998-early 1999 with "No Place That Far", the second single from the album of the same name, which went to No. 1. Four additional singles have reached No. 1 as well: "Born to Fly" (2000-2001), "Suds in the Bucket" (2004), "A Real Fine Place to Start" (2005), and "A Little Bit Stronger" (2010-2011), plus four more that reached Top 10.
