Carly Pearce; Morgane and Chris Stapleton.Photo:River Callaway/Billboard via Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage
River Callaway/Billboard via Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage
Carly Pearceis opening up about how she celebrated becoming a two-time Grammy nominee.
The country star, 33, who took homethe award for best country duo/group performancelast year for her song “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” withAshley McBryde, is up in the same category this year —though this time around for “We Don’t Fight Anymore” withChris Stapleton.
Carly Pearce at the ASCAP Grammy Brunch in the Garden in Beverly Hills on Feb. 2, 2024.Gregg DeGuire/Getty
Gregg DeGuire/Getty
“And then Chris andhis sweet wife Morgane— who is the reason that I got Chris on the song — they FaceTimed me and we had this little moment and it was just awesome,” she says. “I mean, these are just huge gifts that you’re given as a songwriter and as an artist, and it’s just kind of mind-blowing.”
Pearce remembers that when she decided she wanted to ask Stapleton to be featured on the song, instead of going through their publicists or labels, she wanted to take a more personal approach.
Chris and Morgane Stapleton in Nashville in November 2022.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
“I am very particular about how I approach another artist to do something with me. And I didn’t want it to be where our record labels got involved or anything like that. I wanted it to be authentic to us,” she explains.
She said because of a pre-existing relationship she had with Stapleton’s wife, she decided to reach out to her directly over Instagram.
Chris Stapleton and Carly Pearce perform together during the 57th Annual CMA Awards in November 2023.Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage
Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage
“I said, ‘Hey, I’m sure you get this all the time, but I have this song that I really feel like Chris is supposed to be a part of. Do you care if I send it to you?'” she recalls, explaining that Morgane asked if the couple could be “honest” as they do receive lots of similar requests.
“‘Absolutely, I understand completely,” she recalls telling them. “[I] just wanted him to hear it.”
The rest, of course, is history.
Carly Pearce at GRAMMY House x A Celebration of Women In The Mix at Rolling Greens on Mateo in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2024.Robin L Marshall/Getty Images
Robin L Marshall/Getty Images
Pearce hadpreviously opened up to PEOPLEabout the collaboration and how much it meant to have him on the song.
“He’s been my dream collaboration, and for it to have happened like this and so organically, just feels really, really meant to be,” she said before the song was released. “I feel like it’s a whole new era. It’s a whole new chapter.”
The 66th Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
source: people.com
