Inside My Life at Home
Carrie Underwood speaks out about family, faith and how she really spends her days away from the spotlight
The crowd went wild as soon as they saw her — and they cheered even louder when she started to sing. Performing “The Fighter” with Keith Urban during a surprise appearance at his late August concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Carrie Underwood looked and sounded like the superstar she is. And she was loving every minute of it. “Will it ever suck getting to sing with @keithurban ???” she later tweeted. “The answer is no. Such an incredible and LOUD crowd.… I know you guys all had a blast!”
But as much fun as she has soaking up the spotlight with her famous friends, the “Cry Pretty” singer is a very different person when she’s at home with her family. In a new interview, Carrie — who’s pregnant with her second child — opens up for the first time about the details of her day-to-day life with her husband, former pro ice hockey star Mike Fisher, and their 3-year-old son, Isaiah — and reveals just how low-key it really is. “Our schedules are so crazy,” Carrie, 35, tells a U.K. publication, “that when we’re not busy we just want to be at home in our sweatpants on the couch.”
Carrie spends a lot of time touring and record- ing. That’s made her more determined than ever to treasure each moment she has with her family. And when she isn’t busy with work, her day is structured around them. “I wake up when my son does, which is usually around 6:30,” says Carrie. “I get [Isaiah] from his room, set him up on the couch and let out my dogs, Ace and Penny.” Carrie then makes breakfast, “either granola or a tofu scramble” — and reads from the Bible. “Breakfast is family time,” says an insider. “When everyone is home, Carrie, Mike and Isaiah sit down together to catch up on what they have
planned for their day and read extracts from the Bible while they eat.”
COOKING & NETFLIX
Most top- selling singers want to be seen at the trendiest restaurants and clubs. But Carrie — an animal-loving vegan — “would rather make a home-cooked dinner in sweats and no makeup,” the insider says. “I don’t like eating out,” confirms the singer. “I’ll roast veggies with rice, plus [cook] some meat for my husband and an alternative for me.” The rest of the evening is spent relaxing. “After I’ve put the little man to bed, we’ll watch something on Netflix,” she says. “I like to be in bed between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. — not too late. My kid’s going to get up at
3 a.m. and want me to go in and sleep with him. And, of course, I will.”
It all sounds so, well, normal — which is exactly what Carrie wanted after her stressful 2017. In November she suffered a fall that required 40 stitches, and during her recovery, problems with Mike, 38, grew worse. “Their different schedules and personalities started to take a toll on their relationship,” says a source. But with the help of faith- based marriage counseling — along with Mike’s decision to retire from hockey in May — they survived the rough patch and emerged closer than ever. “Last year was a real test,” the source says. “But spending quality time together brought them back from the breaking point. Carrie now looks at it all — the accident included — as a blessing. She takes nothing for granted.”