I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.

Chris proposed exactly the way I've always dreamed. Our families were close by, but it was just us out on a beautiful deck overlooking a lake in East Tennessee. We had just been on a hike and - in our workout clothes - he hit the knee! We feel so blessed by God that He sent us each other, and we are looking so forward to forever together.

My parents traveled a lot, so my grandparents practically raised me. My grandmother and I really bonded in the kitchen. She's this amazing southern cook, and I would always help her - whether it was cracking eggs or stirring the green beans. It takes me back there.

I'm kind of old-fashioned, so I think the guy should always be the one to call. The girl just answers Or doesn't answer

You pretty much can't get away from bacon or whiskey in the South. Put a doughnut in it and you'd be good to go.

I'm not a tanning bed person at all, but I'll get a spray tan