She added, “My husband forced me. I told him, ‘I don’t have any song. I didn’t practice anything. I’m not doing it.’ And he said, ‘Yes, you are.’ No regrets. Nix admitted, "This has changed my life.

However, a 21-year-old Carrie Underwood found herself driving to St. Louis three years later to audition for a show called American Idol. Finding herself among the top competitors each week, ...