Carly Pearce stopped by the Ty Bentli Show on Sept. 24 to talk about her new single, âI Hope Youâre Happy Now,â being nominated for her first CMA Award and dish about her upcoming wedding to fellow country artist Michael Ray.
âI Hope Youâre Happy Now,â which features Lee Brice, will impact country radio on Sept. 27. Penned by Carly, Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton and Randy Montana, the tune is the second single from Carlyâs upcoming sophomore album, which is expected to drop later this year. In addition, Carly was recently nominated for her first CMA Award for New Artist of the Year.

Now . . . the wedding details and more. Here are a few choice excerpts from the interview, which you can catch in its entirely on The Ty Bentli Show on Sept. 27.
Any stressors?
âIâm like 10 days out [from the wedding],â says Carly. âFinal count [has stressed me out], but Iâve just gotta let it go. Michael has so many family membersâthey keep adding [laughing]. I need to chill out a little bit. I wanted like 80 [people] and weâre at 125, but I have like five family members, so you do the math.â
Most excited about?
âWeâre not doing a âfirst look,â so that moment [is what Iâm most excited about],â says Carly. âI cannot wait for that, and we wrote our own vows and I just finished mine. That was such an emotionalâI didnât expect to be so emotional writing them.â
Having kids?
âNo, no, no, no, no, no, not yet [laughing],â says Carly. âEventually I want one, but not yet. We want like two.â
Multi-tasking?
âTo be marrying the love of my life, to be nominated for my first CMA, to have this single coming out that Iâm so proud of . . . itâs exciting,â says Carly.
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