Carly Pearce

Sometimes an artist is just overcome with emotion for how much fans love them. Sometimes it's more personal.

"Carly and I agreed to it the night we won," she says.

The pair won the trophy for their duet, "Never Wanted to Be That Girl."

'I bet you weren't expecting that one,' Pearce said when she told the story of how it all went down.

This inaugural list of country singers who won the year starts with fan responses to that very question.

It was one of the highlights of the night.

Get ready for more honest on Carly's upcoming album.

Pearce promised her next chapter would be just as personal as the songs on '29,' and it sounds like she's keeping her word.

She's particularly grateful for good female friends during a season of change.

Pearce says the budding singer-songwriter reminds her of a younger version of herself.

In the words of Shania Twain, "Let's go, girls."

Brantley Gilbert, Carly Pearce and more will rock out on race weekend in Nashville.