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Carly Pearce opens up about when she knew her marriage was over, right after she said, “I do.”
In a new interview on “The Person Who Believed in Me” podcast, the 36-year-old country singer shared that she knew on her wedding night that getting married was the wrong decision, saying she “made it clear that I made a huge mistake.”
“There’s a bit of Jackal and Hyde…that I didn’t see until it was too late,” he explained. “And that’s something I’m thankful for in my very short marriage, because he taught me a lot about myself. He also gave me the album ’29.’
When pressed further, Pearce said that marriage and divorce “taught me how strong I am” because she quickly realized, “this wasn’t for me,” and acted on it.
Pearce knew on his wedding night that his marriage was flawed. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
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“I blew up my life to get out of it,” he said. “I didn’t stay because society says ‘I have to.’ I didn’t stay because my faith says that divorce is bad. I didn’t stay because ‘oh, it’s obvious. I need to do that.’ I was done.”
The “Dear Miss Loretta” singer was married to country singer Michael Ray from October 2019 until June 2020.
The relationship and divorce ended up being the inspiration behind her third album, “29,” which featured songs like “Angakwenza” and “Next Girl.”
Pearce explained that while he doesn’t consider himself “a very articulate person,” he finds that he can express himself better through songwriting, saying, “I need to write it down to process it.” This led him to write “six really intense songs” about divorce, which he thought would be the hardest on the album.
“I thought it was just my story, but I think what I have learned are many stories of different people,” she said.
Pearce thought this was the only story he could relate to, before learning that it was a lot of things that happened to people. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for ABA)
She ended up winning a Grammy Award for best duo/group performance for the song, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” from the album, featuring Ashley McBryde.
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In 2025, Pearce confirmed that she is in a relationship with businessman, Jordan Karcher, with a cool selfie on Instagram.
While on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast in August 2025, Pearce talked about her new relationship, saying she’s “happier than ever” and revealed that she met him on the dating app Raya.
“I didn’t think you could meet a real person in Raya,” she said. “I just felt like how am I going to be able to, like, meet someone who matches me? He’s not in any kind of entertainment, which is the best. I’m really happy.”
Carly Pearce shared a photo of her new boyfriend, Jordan Karcher, on Instagram. (Carly Pearce Instagram)
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Pearce recently urged his fans to get checked out by doctors if any health problems arise after suffering a medical nightmare where his pericarditis was misdiagnosed.
He recalled that he felt dismissed by doctors and encouraged his followers to persevere when it comes to their health.
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“‘Oh, you have anxiety. Oh, you have a busy schedule,'” Pearce recalls being told. “And it’s like, ‘No, something’s wrong.’ And, so, in 2024, I went public with that just because it took me a second. But I’m doing really well. And I wasn’t very talented. But I think, also, just trying to be honest with people and using my platform to say, ‘Please get tested because something is wrong.’
