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Carrie Underwood Hosts Vegetable Soup Party At Home

Carrie Underwood has been all about her home garden lately, growing veggies and posting photos of them on her social media. This week, Carrie invited some friends over and had…

Carrie Underwood Hosts Vegetable Soup Party At Home
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Carrie Underwood has been all about her home garden lately, growing veggies and posting photos of them on her social media. This week, Carrie invited some friends over and had a lesson on canning veggies.

She posted videos and images of herself and a group of friends cooking vegetable soup and canning. Underwood captioned the post, "What a fun girls' day! We learned a new skill today with the help of @canningdiva! Veggies were chopped, soups were stirred, wine was sipped, and laughs were abundant as we tried something new! Now I have a way to preserve all my garden goodness... I can't wait to can some more goodies for the pantry!"

One fan reacted to the post, "I love seeing all these "normal" life posts :))"

Carrie Underwood has entertained fans at CMA Fest for almost 15 years now, and this year, Carrie will again take the stage at CMA Fest to perform at Nissan Stadium on Saturday (6/11).

We take a look at some of the highlights of Carrie's relationship with all things CMA Fest and her devotion to her huge fan following, which has grown each year.

2006 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Carrie Underwood performs at the 2006 CMA Music Festival Saturday, June 10, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell /Getty Images)


2007 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE - JUNE 8: Carrie Underwood, is presented with a plaque honoring six million records sold by record label execs Joe Gallante, left, and Butch Waugh following her performance at the 2007 CMA Music Festival (formerly known as FanFair) on June 8, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


2010 CMA Music Fest

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Singer/Songwriter Carrie Underwood performs during CMA Music Festival Day 1 at LP Field on June 10, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2012 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Carrie Underwood performs during the 2012 CMA Music Festival - Day 2 at LP Field on June 8, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2012 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Carrie Underwood performs during the 2012 CMA Music Festival - Day 2 at LP Field on June 8, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2012 City Of Hope's 2012 Celebrity Softball Challenge

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 09: Country artist Carrie Underwood steps up to bat at City of Hope’s 22nd annual Celebrity Softball Challenge during CMA Fest on June 9, 2012 in Nashville. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for City of Hope)


2012 City Of Hope's 2012 Celebrity Softball Challenge

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 09: Country artist Carrie Underwood (L) signs an autograph in the dugout during City of Hope’s 22nd annual Celebrity Softball Challenge during CMA Fest on June 9, 2012 in Nashville . (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for City of Hope)


2012 City Of Hope's 2012 Celebrity Softball Challenge

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 09: Carrie Underwood (R) keeps her eyes on David Nail at second base during City of Hope’s 22nd annual Celebrity Softball Challenge during CMA Fest on June 9, 2012 in Nashville . (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for City of Hope)


2013 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 09: Carrie Underwood performs during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 9, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2014 CMA Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 06: Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood perform during the 2014 CMA Festival on June 6, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)


2016 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Singer Carrie Underwood performs onstage during 2016 CMA Festival - Day 2 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2016 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Singer Carrie Underwood performs onstage during 2016 CMA Festival - Day 2 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


2018 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Carrie Underwood performs onstage during the 2018 CMA Music festival at Nissan Stadium on June 8, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


2019 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Carrie Underwood performs on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


2019 CMA Music Festival

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Joan Jett and Carrie Underwood perform on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.