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Kelsea Ballerini And Carly Pearce Met In A Career ‘Support Group’

Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini have been friends since before either of them were well known country stars. As Carly told us, the girls actually met when they were both…

Kelsea Ballerini And Carly Pearce Met In A 'Support Group'
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Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini have been friends since before either of them were well known country stars.

As Carly told us, the girls actually met when they were both starting their careers. She said, "Kelsea and I met years ago before ‘Love You Like You Mean It’ came out for her in a girl’s support group in Nashville. It was just to build up different female artists and we became really good friends."

Pearce said that Ballerini helped her friend after she got success, saying, "She was so kind and wanted me to come out and at each stage of her career. I have opened shows for her and been on the road with her. And she’s been such an amazing insight... she has so much insight and advice and really has championed my music and she didn’t have to.”

Carly just celebrated the number one success of her song "I Hope You're Happy Now."

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.