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Carly Pearce.Photo: Debra L. Rothenberg/Getty Carly Pearceis headed to the Grammys. The first-time nominee, 32, is up for best country duo/group performance withAshley McBrydefor their No. 1 hit “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” off Pearce’s29: Written in Stonealbum. The country star, who previously wonfemale vocalist of the yearat the 2021 CMA Awards and thesame award at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards, caught up with PEOPLE ahead of Sunday’s awards show....

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Carly Pearce performs at All for the Hall on Sept. 12, 2023 in New York City.Photo:Jared Siskin/GettyCarly Pearceis enjoying every little thing about being in her 30s.The “Country Music Made Me Do It” singer, 33, spoke to PEOPLE about what makes this era of her life feel different than the rest before taking the stage in New York City Tuesday night forthe All for the Hallguitar pull.“I get to literally do what I love every single day....

AsCarly Pearcedealt last year with perhaps the worst trial of her 29-year-old life, she grew sure of two decisions: She would bring an end to her brief and failing marriage to fellow artistMichael Ray, and she would write songs about it. The artist, who’s built her career on telling her own story through music, recalls to PEOPLE when she cemented the latter decision in a fateful phone conversation. “I feel like I’m going to write a project,” Pearce told a close girlfriend soon beforeshe filed for divorce on June 19, 2020....

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....

If you hear a little extra sizzle inCarly Pearce‘s voice as she sings her brand-new single, “Closer to You,” there’s no surprise where it’s coming from. “I am totally in love,” says the 28-year-old Kentuckian, who’s now one-half of country’snewest adorable couplealong withMichael Ray. “I was trying to figure out — what is the perfect and right song to show the evolution of me in the last 18 months? It felt like this was exactly what I wanted to say and exactly where I’m at....

PEOPLE Nowairs live, Monday through Friday, from the Meredith offices in New York City. source: people.com

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Carly Pearcelooks atevery little thingin her life as an inspiration for her music. After recently teasing photos of herself in the studio, the country singer-songwriter, 28, sat down with PEOPLE Now to discuss her upcoming music that’ll be climbing the charts “way sooner than you think.” “Busbee and I — my producer — we are working really hard right now,” the “Hide the Wine” singer says. Rachel Deeb Though songs about heartbreak are part of her artistry and stood asa powerful inspirationbehind the tracks on her debut albumEvery Little Thing,Pearce says, this time around,her heart is fulland her music will reflect that....

PEOPLE Nowairs live, Monday through Friday, from the Meredith offices in New York City. source: people.com

PEOPLE Nowairs live, Monday through Friday, from the Meredith offices in New York City. source: people.com

Carly Pearce.Photo: Rebecca Sapp/Getty Carly Pearceis no longer holding back. On her upcoming third studio album29: Written in Stone— an extension of her EP29which dropped earlier this year — set for release on Friday, the singer, 31, gets real about the 29th year of her life, in which she got both married to anddivorcedfrom fellow artistMichael Ray. “During the pandemic my team knew what was about to happen, but the world didn’t, and I was sitting on this picnic table — I had quarantined with my parents in their town in Alabama — [in this] moment of extreme high and extreme low,” Pearce said during an event at the Grammy Museum on Monday night....

Photo: Terry Wyatt/FilmMagic Carly Pearceknows firsthand that nothing sparks modern-day romance quite like sliding into the DMs. “I’ve known Michael for about five years, and we started then playing radio shows together once I got a record deal,” Pearce tells PEOPLE. “I did what any girl does in 2018 — I slid into his DMs.” Pearce, 28, and Ray, 30, made their relationshipInstagram officialin July and then made theirred carpet debutas a couple at the2018 CMA Awardson Nov....