Carly Pearce Reveals Artists She’d Love to Team Up With Next, Teases Collaboration with One Of Her ‘Childhood Heroes’

Carly Pearce has built a reputation for teaming up with some of country music’s best voices, creating unforgettable duets that have helped define her career. From the emotional “We Don’t Fight Anymore” with Chris Stapleton to chart-toppers like “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Lee Brice and “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” alongside Ashley McBryde, Pearce has proven she knows how to pick the perfect duet partners.

Even with an impressive list of collaborations under her belt, the Grammy-winning artist has plenty of names still on her wish list.

“Chris was my top dream, like period, so it’s been kind of crazy for me to think about, you know, what else?” Pearce shared. “But I would say a few people – I love Lee Ann Womack, I love Alison Krauss and Union Station, I love Cody Johnson, I love Brothers Osborne. So yeah, there’s definitely other people. I just, I love great voices.”

Pearce could even team up with a new collaborator on her upcoming studio album, expected later this year. She teased plans to “collaborate with one of the biggest artists in our format and also one of my childhood heroes.” 

While fans will have to wait for more details about this exciting collaboration, Pearce has given a glimpse of the album’s direction with recent releases “Dream Come True” and “Church Girl.” In a recent interview with Country Now, she revealed that this chapter of her music will feature some of her most honest and personal songs yet, a result of her decision to focus on creating music that fulfills her, rather than chasing awards or chart success.

“It’s been a decade since ‘Every Little Thing’ came out. And [I’m] just kind of reevaluating, ‘okay, what do I want the next 10 years to look like? And what is success to me?’ Because I’ve had all these big on paper things. Did it change the way that I felt about myself? No. So that means I got to do some work,” Pearce told us. “And what do I need to do to make Carly whole without accolades? So I’ve kind of been on that part of the journey…”

With this new album, fans can expect Carly Pearce to step beyond the “heartbreak girl” image she’s become known for.

“I think what this record did is it pushed me. What else do I care about? What else do I believe in? What else are the facets that maybe people don’t know about me? Maybe my closest friends know about me, but others don’t,” she reflects. “And pushing that vulnerability made me more excited, not scared. Just like, let’s go. I didn’t even know I had all this stuff. I’m five records in and I’m like, wait, there’s so much more here. Cool.”

Carly Pearce is bringing some of her new songs on the road on her Inside The Dream Tour, bringing her live show to fans in the UK and Ireland later this year. For more tour dates, click HERE.