As a working mom,Carrie Underwoodis, in a way, not much different from so many other women balancing family life with a career — and she certainly doesn’t think she has it harder.
Ahead of her firstCry Pretty Tourshow in Greensboro, North Carolina, the country megastar met up withToday‘sNatalie Morales, where she opened up about her current workout plan, life a year and a halfafter her accidental falland her upcoming experience on the roadas a new mom of two.
“Everything that we all do is just as difficult but in different ways,” said Underwood, 36, addressing the “way high” bar, as Morales described it, of juggling sometimes nightly concerts and being a mom to sonsJacob Bryan, 3 months, andIsaiah Michael, 4.
Admittedly, though, the mother of two is “tired” while traveling around the country with an infant and young child — but shealso couldn’t be more thankful.
“How many people get to take their children to work with them?” mused theAmerican Idolchamp.
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“I’ve definitely had people come up to me on the street and just cry and just say, ‘It’s nice to know that somebody knows what it feels like,’ ” she told Morales.
Another way Underwood can relate to her fellow mothers? She hasn’t been immune from feeling like she has to “do it all” as a parent. “I feel likemoms put a lot of pressure on themselvesto have it all together and know everything and plan for everything and … it’s impossible,” said the “Love Wins” singer.
“If there’s anything the past couple of years have taught me [it’s] that you don’t know what’s gonna happen next,” Underwood addedduring in the interview. “And there’s no way you can plan for everything or make everything be the way you want it. So it’s been good for me to just kind ofbe present, and live in the momentand stop trying so hard to plan out the entire rest of my life.”
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“At this point,” Underwood told Morales, she isn’t sure whether she and her retired-hockey pro husband will add more children to their brood. But never say never.
“It’s such a difficult road to get where we are now,” she said. “And I’ll have to evaluate after this tour is over. Then we can talk about what’s next. But I’ve been a lotof kind of ‘live in the moment’ lately.”
“And I think that’s good,” Underwood continued. “I am kind of a planner and I really do like knowing what’s around every corner.”
Tickets for the Cry Pretty Tour — which kicks off Wednesday in Greensboro, North Carolina — are available now on ticketmaster.com andvividseats.com.
source: people.com
