5 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Carrie Underwood has become such a household name in country music, and all music for that matter. She has ventured in so many projects inside and outside of music that it’s hard to remember her as just the small-town girl that was on American Idol 17 years ago. Little did she- or anyone- know the amount of success that would come her way because of the outcome of one show.

With bestselling records like “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats,” and a newer favorite, “If I Didn’t Love You” featuring Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood has a likability to her that appeals to a wide audience range. Being a nationwide and international touring artist, she remains humble, relatable, and always ready to serve her community. While tapping into her incredible career as a musician, we found that she is much more than a singer. Here are 5 things that you didn’t know about Carrie Underwood!

1. FITNESS

Carrie Underwood is an avid fitness enthusiast. This is arguably one of the things you can tell she feels very passionately about outside of her music. She makes being healthy a top priority no matter how busy her life gets. She models how a busy working mom who also nurtures a career, hobbies, relationship, can make living healthy a year-round thing.

Carrie Underwood’s passion for fitness led her to a partnership with Creative Labs & CAA, in collaboration with her personal trainer Eve Overland, to create a fitness app called Fit52. The fitness app is designed for the person that is balancing a family, work, friends, hobbies, etc. It contains workouts for beginners to more advanced fit conscious people, and best yet, can be completed in as little as 30 minutes. The app claims to eliminate the complexity of creating your own workout routines. Any person who makes working out a part of their lifestyle will tell you that it’s important to change things up to continue to challenge your body with different work outs. With Fit52, you get a different workout each time. A card is randomly revealed to provide you with a different full body work out each time.

2. WRITING

In 2020, Carrie Underwood released her first book. The book, called “Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life,” is a gentle approach to trying your best to be the best you 52 out of 52 weeks in the year. It’s a practical way of incorporating diet and exercise into your busy lifestyle every week. She believes that health and fitness is a lifelong journey and although we are human and may have our bad days, it is important to try and be healthy overall. In her book, she lays out recipes, work out plans, and introduces you to Fit52. Carrie explains that the essence of Fit52 is to adopt a lifelong healthy lifestyle so if you do have an off-day and cave into the sweets or comfort foods, it won’t throw you completely off path and it’s easier to pick back up your healthy habits.

3. MOVIES/TV

The country singer has dabbled in acting. She was on the TV show “How I Met Your Mother” and made her film debut “Soul Surfer” an inspiring true story of surfing champion Bethany Hamilton who survived a shark attack in 2003. Carrie Underwood played a small, but important role. She played Sarah Hill, a religious leader who was key in helping Bethany through her healing journey. Staying true to her Christian faith, Carrie Underwood has said she is very selective of the roles she chooses to play. She hasn’t been in any recent roles but has said in the past that she isn’t ruling out acting.

4. ENDORSEMENTS

Companies are eager to have Carrie be the face of their brands. This is shown through various endorsement deals, including a nail polish collection with Nicole by O.P.I., which includes a signature golden shade called Carrie’d Away. Then there was the global endorsement by Skechers, Olay Skin Care, and the fitness apparel line “Calia, by Carrie Underwood”created exclusively for Dicks Sporting Goods. Most recently, she became a member and joined the likes of Jennifer Lopez for the hydration sports drink Body Armor, and it’s no surprise that she’d put her name stamp on it given her passion for fitness and health. Carrie is pretty much everywhere! She has had a string of endorsement deals since shooting to fame and the songstress doesn’t show signs of slowing down.

5. PHILANTHROPY

Part of what makes Carrie Underwood so likable is that she is still and will always be the same hometown girl from Oklahoma. Her values and the things she cares for remain with her to this day. She demonstrates this through her involvement with her philanthropic work. She has supported numerous causes as she believes it is important to give back to the community. She created C.A.T.S. in 2009. C.A.T.S - Checotah Animal, Town, and School Foundation to thank her hometown, who she says has been very supportive of her. The foundation directly impacts the community in a variety of areas. Some of the ways the foundation has helped has been by opening a shelter so dogs can be rescued, and she strongly supports spaying or neutering. The foundation is also committed to helping children in the community reach their goals by awarding scholarships and giving donations like equipment to the schools in the community. Merchandise for the C.A.T.S foundation can be found on the website https:// www.thecatsfoundation.com/. The web site states that all proceeds from purchases benefit the C.A.T.S. foundation. Carrie is also donating $1 from every ticket sale of her new US tour to benefit and support U.S. military veterans through the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. More info and to support this cause, please visit trt.org.