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Carrie Underwood is an inspirational teen mentor not only because of all the success she continues to have, after becoming the winner of American Idol, but also because of the way she has carried herself since then. Overnight fame did not change her as she is still known for being America’s sweetheart with her sweet, girl-next-door likability and extraordinary work ethic.

Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, Oklahoma with her parents and two older sisters. She began singing at a local church at the age of three, starred in musicals through elementary school and performed at festivals in several states as she got older. The well-rounded student eventually graduated from Checotah High School in 2001 as her class salutatorian and majored in Mass Communications at Northeastern State University until she heard about the auditions for the 2005 season of American Idol. The rest is history…

Since then, she has reached superstardom status by putting out 13 #1 singles, receiving ACM Entertainer of the year, winning five CMA and ten ACM awards, taking home five Grammy awards, and receiving many other awards including People’s Choice, Billboard, The American Music Awards, Teen Choice and CMT.

Carrie Underwood has put on countless exciting and high energy shows by living a healthy lifestyle regularly and even when she is on the road. She stocks her tour bus with healthy food from local grocery stores so she won’t grab her favorite fast foods like pizza or order room service like many other traveling musicians. She also has a positive outlook and has fun staying fit. "Cardio makes me feel good, it makes me happy. It really makes a noticeable difference."

Her healthy lifestyle, humble attitude, strong work ethics and friendly personality has recently attracted many great things both in her professional and personal life. Fans will watch her debut as an actress in her first movie, Soul Surfer, and also see her in Olay advertisements as she is their spokesperson. More exciting news is that she is a newlywed to the man of her dreams, Mike Fisher, hockey player for the Nashville Predators.

Carrie Underwood is a small town girl living a superstar dream because of her perseverance and positive outlook on life.

"It's a lot easier to focus on the negative," she says. "It really, truly is. But when you take a moment to think about all the good things in your life, you become happy. And I think happy attracts happy. So to me, it's really important to wake up in a good mood. Because I feel very lucky."