June 27, 2024 • 30 mins
Krista and Shanna chat with the beautiful and talented reality star and artist, Carly Waddell! Carly is known for her appearances on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise, and she just finished touring with the Backstreet Boys's Nick Carter.
Carly was a singer prior to diving into reality TV, but took a break from the screen to raise her two kids. She runs her own business, and is one of the largest mommy influencers on social media. We dive into what life is like as a single mother and how Carly picked up the pieces to become the best single mama of two, all while still reaching her dreams and becoming the powerhouse singer she is today. Resilience is everything and Carly represents every factor of this word!
Find Carly on Instagram here!
Check out her song, "Two Little Angels" here.
Carly was a singer prior to diving into reality TV, but took a break from the screen to raise her two kids. She runs her own business, and is one of the largest mommy influencers on social media. We dive into what life is like as a single mother and how Carly picked up the pieces to become the best single mama of two, all while still reaching her dreams and becoming the powerhouse singer she is today. Resilience is everything and Carly represents every factor of this word!
Find Carly on Instagram here!
Check out her song, "Two Little Angels" here.
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This is the Mad's Own Mom Squadpodcast, a production of iHeartRadio. Hard
working real mamas having real conversations.Now, sit back, relax, and
get ready to talk mom life withChrisa and her Squad. All right,
Miss Shanna, Honey, you knowthat we are huge fans when it comes
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to women that are mothers, thatwalk their own path, that sometimes have
things put in front of them thatthey weren't expecting it, that sometimes you've
just got a halt in life.Yep, you've got to situation yourself out
and you've got to set a newpath for yourself. You know what.
You gotta fall down seven times,stand up eight really, absolutely absolutely,
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it's not all rainbows and butterflies.It is not all rainbows and butterflies,
not at all. You can havefun in life and everything can be great
and exciting, and then within aminute your life is not what you thought
it would be. You got toreset it and step back and take a
breath and keep on keeping on.Yes, And we have come across an
amazing woman that I'm so stinking excited. I know so many Carina Craid is
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so sad that she is not heretoday as she's on vacation to welcome this
beautiful woman. Many of you thatlive in reality world and you know I'm
a huge reality star fan. Shehappens to be a reality star, but
more important that she's an amazing singlemom. Let's welcome to the show,
reality star and singer by the way, and I can't wait to talk to
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you about this. She has appearedon The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise twice,
and she is also known as someonethat is in the musical world.
We're going to dive into that whereshe opened for an amazing boy band that
is so very popular. But sayhello to Carly Woodell. Hello, my
love, Hello lady here. Weare so stinking excited to have you.
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First off, Carly, let metell you why this is so important for
me. Outside of you just beingan amazing reality story, you're absolutely adorable
watching on TV. You just younailed it. You nailed It's fine.
No, I love that you speakyour mind. You were you were holding
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back. Now you're like now,I don't like you. I wonder what
you were thinking. No, wonderingwhat you were thinking there? Yeah,
there's no chemistry here. I'm sorryyou are people like you in the world
is everybody's sugarcoat stuff. You knowwhat I mean, it's annoying. Well,
sometimes there's a time and place versussugar, but it there's time to
not but what a woman wants,we want. We're not going to sacrifice
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anything. This is what I holdup to my level and this is what
I'm looking for. Yeah, we'redefinitely gonna get into that. But the
real reason that I'm super excited tohave you on is because you are a
woman that went through a huge transitionas I did in my life that changes
your world forever. And that iswhen you realize, you know you you
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found the love of your life.You choose to lead a path with them,
you choose to have children with them, and then one day, after
fighting for your love for the longesttime, you realize you have to make
the biggest decision in your life,the hardest decision in your life, and
that is to walk away. Yeah, you know what I mean, and
you do. And I want totouch base with that because when I came
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across your song and you have suchan amazing voice two Little Angels, this
really hit home for me. Thankyou. I don't know how much you
want to dive into this because Iknow it's a painful thing. It's always
going to be painful, right whenwe relive like our ex our marriage and
stuff like that. But tell us, especially what too Little Angels song means
to you and how have you beensince you know, going through that journey.
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You know, it's interesting. Sothat song was when I like,
I did not want to write thatsong. So I worked with the producer
who also wrote with me on alllike the stuff on my album, well
my EP, and he at thevery beginning he was like, we should
write a song called Tulatta Angels andI was like no, I was like,
I'm not writing about my divorce.I'm just not doing it like I
want to write fun songs. Waslike, I don't know. I was
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in this headspace of just being likeI don't want to be sad at anymore.
I'm not adel like I can't writethat songs like that. That's just
not me. That's not who people. Even people don't relate to me in
that way. Like I'm just likethe fun one, right, and I
don't like feeling like sad like Imean nobody does. But like I really
I don't know. I just Idon't often go into that emotional place like
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I did that, like why wouldI want to go back? Right?
But then like at the very end, it was the last song that we
wrote of six, and you know, I was just like, you know,
what we're missing in this EP islike the real thing, you know.
And he's like, what about tulalangels or can we go back to
that? And I was like,oh gosh, And I was like,
I don't know, maybe, Andso I sat down with myself and really
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just started, you know, writinghow I felt in those moments and and
I'm I'm very much a person thatlike I'm a no regrets kind of person,
you know, And so land writingthat song, I still looked back
at the time and was like Istill would do it all over, you
know, like we didn't end uptogether, but without that, without every
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single thing that went on, Iwouldn't have these kids. You know.
I could say like, oh mygosh, well, like it was already
hard in the first one, andlike we should have just stopped and then
gotten to for it, but likeno, like then I wouldn't have Charlie.
So it was one of it wasjust like it was hard to write
and honestly, it's it's hard tosing, like, it's not sure.
I sang it a lot, likeevery night in the Nick Carter tour,
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and it wasn't you know, itwasn't an easy thing to even think because
it's so real and so raw andthough the emotions, you know, don't
land the way that they did atthat moment, it still is about like
the most it's the most personal thingI've ever written down. Absolutely, yeah.
Yeah. So it's like it's notlike you just write, you know.
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It's like if I wrote a bookand other people could read it and
I wouldn't have to feel that,but like performing and it's just such a
different, raw, kind of yucky, scary poy. I'm sure it is
well and that's it is. Andbut that's what's so amazing about music.
That's why it's so important to havemusic in our life, because you identified
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with certain things in your life.You're like yep, and so you know,
like you Carly, you know,I was married for seventeen years to
my my husband, and I havea beautiful fourteen year old daughter. And
even watching the music video, andI also came across you on YouTube talking
about the divorce room. I'm like, I can totally identify with you.
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And Shannon knows me, she's oneof my bestest friends. Like, we
tried so hard, you know,tried so hard and and to try to
make that decision that you know i'dlove you. But what's wrong? Why
what happened to us? We're disconnected? We can't make this work anymore?
What do we do for our child? I don't want to fail my marriage,
but I don't want to sacrifice mydaughter's happiness as well. She's seeing
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the fighting. I don't want herto see that and then to make that
final decision And who makes that decisionfor me? I made the decision because
my daughter finally said, Mom,I know you tried really hard, but
I want you and dad to behappy. And it's okay, that's amazing,
that's so brief and wh Yeah,but it's the kids are you know,
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we don't when they they listen themost, when we don't think that
they're listening, and they're soaking upall the all the ick and all the
love and all the all the stuffthat we give out and what the arguments
that are had or even though thethe good moments that are had. But
the things that they when they seetheir parent hurting as much as they want
you, guys, the parents tobe together, they love you just as
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much as we love them, unconditionally. And that's what it comes down to,
right. I mean, I don'tknow. I didn't get divorced,
but I by partner passed away twoyears ago, and so it's a different
loss. I'm not saying that it'sthe same thing. But we had a
lot of he was an addict,so we had a lot of a lot
of hard times. But like youhad said, I wouldn't ever take it
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back. I would do it againbecause without all of that, I wouldn't
have my two youngest kids, andI wouldn't I wouldn't have I've learned a
lot, and I've continued to advocatefor you know, mental health and addiction
and all these things and raising awarenessfor it, and raising awareness of grief
and how to deal with grief andhow to help your kids and how to
just be sad and being in themoment and feel okay with not being okay.
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And yeah, I remember, Carly, I remember you also talking about
you know, you're obviously you knowyou're incorporating this song into your children you
have your dad's hair, or youhave my looks, or but the kiddos
don't really understand the song in general. But I remember you saying like,
but my daughter knows that that Ohthey're talking about my mom's talking about me,
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which is so cool. They it. One of my favorite moments actually,
I've ever had on stage was therewas a live stream of one of
the Nick Carter concerts and my kidswere able to watch while they were at
Grandma and Grandpa's house, and solike singing that song and having them watch
me. They know that song andthey were like currently like singing along with
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me was just like so cool.And you know, my kids are so
young, they don't remember me andEvan together like they you know, they
bella I one time Evan was wellokay, so kind of the real story
is like, so Evan asked mefor a divorce and then he actually asked
to get back together with me,and we dated four from February to November.
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And then I realized that I waslike a secret and he hadn't told
his family we were together and allthese things we say thanksgiving up my house,
and I tried to give him ahug and he was like, please,
don't hug me in front of mykids, and I was like,
what are you talking about? Andso after for that, I just realized
that like I was a secret andthat I mean, we were still married.
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I felt so disgusting about myself andI you know, we had been
on vacations together, and it wasjust like I was never going to be
good enough for him. And Irealized in that moment, like I asked
for a divorce after that because Iwas just like this, I need a
man who thinks I'm the best thingin the whole world. And I thought
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that he did, but it wasjust like behind closed doors, didn't want
to. Yeah, and here you'retalking about a man that you meant on
a reality show for Guidsay, let'snot don't hug me in front of my
what and hide? Oh my gosh, so weird, so weird. Yeah,
yeah, it's definitely time for youto go for that one. Yeah.
Yeah, So there's a there's kindof how it really went down,
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but okay, all right, butagain then you like, you know,
I look back and think, youknow, so when he first asked me
for I was really shocked. Andthen when he was like I really want
to make the marriage work again.I was like what. And then,
you know, towards the end,I was like, you know, it's
just there was such a transition evenin that whole aspect of the relationship and
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me finding almost like my footing ofmyself again, Like I feel like I
just hadn't I had just kind ofbeen nothing for like five years. I've
been you know, trying to raisethese children and just being a yes person,
and you know, and then Iwas like what am I doing?
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Like I am also a woman andI'm a mom and I'm awesome, and
like how did I lose myself completely? You know? So it kind of
just hit like this restart button inme as a human being and as a
woman to just be like I'm takingmy power back. Yes, Like I
lost myself and I'm taking it back. And it was it was like a
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death, but just a reverse ofme for myself. I think I took
all three years because I've been singlenow three years, that I took the
time to reinvent who I am,what I want, what do I stand
for? I mean, you dochange as a human being when you go
through no, yeah, you doit. You're not. It's it's not
even whether you lose somebody through divorceor or or death or whatever, it's
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you don't ever get over it.You just learn how to continue on without
And even if they're still alive.You know, whether in a divorce situation,
you're still it's still a loss.You're still figuring out your way without
them, you know, on yourside through everything. Even though they're going
to be If you have children they'regood to you, you're still co parenting,
which is in itself difficult. Imean, that's a whole other topic,
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whole nother a whole other ring.But where's Margarita's my Margarita. But
obviously, obviously you have found yourway girl, because you especially in your
musical career, that landed you atopening for Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys
in Nashville. There's got to besome juicy details on that, girl.
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Oh my god, how was that? Oh my god? Honestly, like
that whole thing happened so fast,Like I was offered his last month of
the tour and I had like threeweeks to put together my set and like
kind of get out of town.But it was like so incredible because I
feel like I just I've just beenI'm saying since seriously like ten years,
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like it has been such a longtime. And again I lost myself so
putting music out again. And thenall of a sudden, like it was
a dream beyond a dream because Iwas a huge I was a huge battery
Like we couldn't afford to go toa Battery voice concert, so I had
every single CD but I never gotto see them. And then all of
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a sudden, I was like openingup for Nick cart Like it just didn't
like my brain, my brain likecan't compete that that was me that did
that. Like it's really it's almostlike amazing out of body, but it
was incredible, you know, likeI sang my songs. I did some
like really fun mashup songs. Andmy guitar player used to be my nanny
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and who's like she turned into likemy best friend anymore because my kids go
to school. But she was like, you know, my closest confident going
through my divorce and all the thingsfor three years and then all of a
sudden she's I was like, hey, would you want to go on tourist
me and play? And she's likewhat Yes, And you know, it
just like she's like basically kind oflike my little sister now kind of.
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And and so it was amazing justsharing it with like a person who had
been there with me through all ofthis stuff, right, And then we
were just out there jamming and likeafter we get up the stage would be
like, oh my gosh, we'rejust so good, so cool, so
cool. It was, I don'tknow, it was incredible. And Nick
was so night and like like hereally would. He would sit backstage and
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like actually listen to our set andbe like, hey man, I was
just listening to that song, andthat's a really cool line that you wrote,
you know, like oh wow.Actually was like you know, there
for us like as musicians and asjust people. He'd be like, you
know, go team, you know, and like give us high five before
it went on. It was reallycool. And the whole like ye seamless
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People wasn't made like it was.So I would have been gone to my
Michael Core's person and when I wouldhave grabbed out my poster of him that
I got from the record store backin the nineties, yeah, oh yeah,
oh yeah, can you sign thisplease? Oh my gosh. So
last night we went on stage withlike Nick Carter t shirts on, and
it was just like it was justgiving me all the life of me as
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like a twelve year old. Idon't know, oh yeah right now.
This is what you would have yoursleepovers and you would talk about at your
sleepovers, like what stage some timein all these mad things that yeah,
they're never they're not really going tohappen, and then they did and then
they did come on and then you'relike what, Yeah, you'd have like
your teen bs, like yeah,as a mom, Like it's just one
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of those things that you're like,I'm like, oh my god, I'm
old. I can't know what I'ma mom. Yeah, old that I'm
a mom. And I'm like,yeah, I turned thirty nine this year,
Like that doesn't happen a thirty nineyear old, you know what I
mean? Twenty one year old whohave kids like and so it's just another
part of it that's like it's justsurreal, like oh, guess what dreams
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do come true? Yeah they do. It sounds cliche for you, it
sounds cliche, but they absolutely do. And it's because you probably gave yourself
up to who you were trying tobe decided you're just going to be who
you are meant to be, totallyright where it goes. And this may
not have happened, because I dobelieve that, you know, there's a
journey that happens like that. Thismay not have happened. Like you're what
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you went through in the past havemade you stronger with who you are today
that got you to this point tohave this amazing experience because now you're out,
you know, being more of whoCarly is. You're authentically being your
Yeah, totally, yeah, Ilove that. So what are some of
the favorite songs and that you loveto perform live? Oh my god,
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you know it's so crazy. Somy well guitarist last previous Anny Sam,
she's like a huge Taylor Swift fan. So when we opened for Nick,
we did a really cool Taylor Wedid Taylor Swift mashups and they're so fun
because people are obsessed. So wedid Tim McGrath from Taylor, like Taylor
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Swift Timograth, and then we dida Tim McGrath song It's Your Love,
and we mashed those up and itwas so cool. And then we did
I opened for Nico Moon as well. We were just talking to ye.
Yes. Yeah, so it wasjust so fun because like when you give
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people your own songs, they reallysit there and love them, but then
in the middle love it. Whenyou get them give them something, you
know, then they become even moreinvolved in like your next song that's yours,
because they're like, oh my god, you just like crushed that really
cool song. So I don't know, it's kind of fun. We've been
adding like pop songs and things orcountry songs and things and just kind of
doing them in a different way.We did a really cool we did Toxic,
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but we like it made it reallylike viby and cool and like flow,
and that was really fun because it'sjust a very unexpected way to hear
that. It is too. Iwas trying to figure trying to picture that
or like to hear that in myhead, yeah, and I can't.
It's very it's like very cool andviby. So that was fun too.
And yeah, so those are kindof the things I like to do,
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like little unexpected things. Like amashup's always fun because people think when it
gets to the chorus, it's goingto be the chorus, but it's like
a course from a different song.And people are like, what's happening?
But those are always really I dolove the mashups. I mean that's trending
so big too, and like TikTokand Instagram, like I'm always now this
into these mashups and then I goto the artists and then I'm downloading them
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on my phone totally. Yeah,yeah, for sure. Yeah, but
those are really fun to perform justbecause you like people will sing along with
you and then they can't. Idon't like don't just kidding, sorry real
sorry, Well, so Carly,do you do you have any new music
on the way about you? Well? So, actually I put four of
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my songs out, but I wrotesix, so I still have two kind
of waiting in the wings that Isang. I've sang in some of these
concerts, but I just haven't putthem out yet. And then I have
a duet coming out and with likea a duo, a male duo.
That's gonna be fun. And thatsong is about really about stepping in out
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of your comfort zone and just beinglike I'm just gonna go do the thing.
And so because we sat down towrite and they were like, what
do you want to write about?And I was like, honestly, I
don't want to about like those timesyou're like I'm kind of scared to do
it, but like, let's justthrow that suitcase of fear like out and
let's just like walk into you know, into this scary thing with like you
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know, and just try to getthrough it and see what happens, you
know, So that that's really funand yeah, and then I'll put out
my other two songs. But kindof also, like you know, all
that was like kind of a whirlwind, and like, I mean, I'm
still trying to figure out, youknow, kind of mom life balance.
So it's like, you know,if I do too much of it,
then I feel pretty disconnected from akid. So it's like, I don't
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know, it's tough. I don'tknow. Well, no, there sounds
like you are though. I meanthat's That's the coolest thing about a journey,
is it is it along the way, there's obviously going to be some
rest stops where you have to beOkay, hold on a minute, reel
it in a little bit, enjoythe moment instead of getting so wrapped up
in it that you I think youeven lose the enjoyment because you're so wrapped
up in that moment that you lookback five years and you're like, oh
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my god, I don't even rememberright, like it was a whirlwind for
sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. And it is so
important to you know, lean onyour girlfriends, lean on your support system,
if you have you know, parentsaround you know, gosh, dang
it, we know we need it. Takes a vantage, honey, yes
it does. My dad with mykids right now, and then my mom.
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I met my parents out and mymom's upstairs keeping the dogs. Exactly.
See what perfect it is. We'recoming to your mom and dad over.
Come over anytime. We'll come over. So Carly, let's give some
advice to the mama's out there,especially single mama is creating a new path
for themselves and their kiddos. Whatadvice would you give them, especially to
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get through hard times like that.You know, I think that like one,
it really is going to be okay, like time really does heal.
But two I think about, likeI remember when I first moved into my
new house and I had moved likethirty minutes away from my parents, and
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it was just me and it wasjust a kid, and everybody had come
over for this big Thanksgiving that Italked about in Memil, and everybody left,
like my had my whole family,like my brother's everybody was there,
and everybody left, and I wasthere with all and Charlie and I was
like bath time and like you know, nighttime, and I just remember being
so overwhelmed, thinking like how amI gonna do this alone? Like Charlie
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was so young, I mean theywere both so young, and I just
you know, and then every dayit got easier, and it got easier,
and it got easier, and thenyou don't you didn't even think about
that time at bedtime because it wasjust the normal thing that you do.
And I think there's something to besaid with that, like it it will
get easier, and you know,it sucks. It sucks for a while,
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but then every day it sucks alittle bit less, and then it
doesn't suck at all. Yeah.Yeah, And then you look back and
you're like, damn, I didthat myself, and you tie yourself on
the back and you just know thatyou are awesome, and your kids are
awesome because of your love and yoursupport and all the things that you have
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done, and they're just gonna thinkyou're so cool, like your whole life.
I remember sitting on the on thefloor of my kitchen just looking up
and bawling. I'm like, oh, I can't get through this. I
can't get through this. And thenall my girlfriends are saying, Krista,
can you will get through this?I promise it's so hard. Yeah,
yeah, no, it really has. Those first moments are incredibly overwhelming.
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Yeah. Oh, they're defincredibly theyreally are. And I know that.
I remember thinking, like, rightafter Josh died, I remember thinking,
I'm never going to be okay,this is never I'm never going to be
How am I ever going to dothis? How? But it is funny
and you don't even know when ithappens, but all of a sudden it
is kind of you. It's likean aha, but it kind of is
where you look back and you're like, a minute, I did, I'm
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okay, it's okay, I amstrong, I'm okay. I mean it's
still but there's still moments that suck. They totally suck. But they you
look at your kids and you dosomething fun and you whatever, and you're
like, okay, all right,I got it. And well, actually,
speaking of kids, do you haveanything like any fun things playing with
your kids? And do you havea new boyfriend? Okay, I mean
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I'm just wondering. You don't haveto tell me. It's probably not so
many for actually, your anniversary iscoming up next week. Oh yeah,
it's so great. You got.I mean when I say that, like
I really found the guy who thinksI'm so great and he thinks my kids
are so great. He doesn't havekids himself, but he's older than me.
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He's so great, just like I'msupposed to be, like I'm supposed
to be true, like I matterlike you do. Yeah, yeah,
well you don't a queen, truequeen. Yeah, make sure that crown
straight, queen. Okay, yeah, that crown straight. And then my
kid, so well, we wentto get We went on actually our first
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like I will say, like ournew family kind of trip together to Gatlinburg
and Pigeon for which is like nottoo far away from us, but we
said in Airbnb and you know,did the whole thing and it was really
fun. And then we went toWe've already done so much and it's been
like, god, it's been liketwo weeks of summer summer, how long
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has it been? But then Wejust went to Dallas to visit my brother
and his whole family and just gotback last night. So we're like exhausted,
but in such a good, likesuch a fun way, peaceful.
You know, you just hit abig like excite vision by which you said
that, Well, my dad livedin Severeville, So my dad had an
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art gallery. He had an artgallery and pigeon porge. Oh that's awesome.
So I've been all around like gaslingBerger I did Yeh're so cute.
I got. I felt so excited. So now we're gonna end this sucker,
because let's be honest. So onceyou get back on the market,
you want to find yourself ahai,someone that's fabulous that takes care of you
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like you have found a man.I mean, is there any advice that
you would give to single moms thatyou know have finally processed their healing but
are now ready to get back outthere and meet someone, Any advice you
would give to them? Okay,So this is like advice to myself.
When I was feeling that way,I was like, I was like,
oh my gosh, do I evenwant to date? Blah blah blah.
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But my I was like, Iwill date someone. When someone is presented
in front of me that I'm like, I have to go out with that
person, Like okay, I justhave to like everything in life, in
my body, in soul a thing, like you have to. And I
actually, this is so crazy,but I saw this my boyfriend. I
saw him. He he's a lawyerand he was promoting his law firm on
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TV on the on the midday newsand the TV was on mute. But
like I walked by and I waslike, oh my gosh, they're like
he stopped me in my track.I was like, he is so handsome.
And for a month I had lookedhim up and for a month I
was too scared to talk to him. And I was like I don't think
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he has a girlfriend, but Idon't know, you know whatever. And
I like looked on his Instagram andfinally I was like, drink Mekila one
night with my girlfriend, Like youwould least have to follow it. And
so then I followed him and thenhe like liked a video of my son
from like two years ago, likethe man deep dived. Oh my god.
So my advice is like just try, like you never know who the
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person you know who the person isallow yourself to be open to like any
possibility and just like put yourselves outthere because like, who cares if the
date goes bad whatever. You probablygot a free cocktailer or something, you
know whatever, and then you learnedto like, oh I don't like that
type of person, or maybe youmeet I mean was my first date,
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you know, like, and Iasked him out. So it was like,
I think you should just put yourselfout there and go for it.
Shoot your shot, like even ifyou're scared, maybe have a margarita or
two. It does help. I'mnot gonna lie. It does help.
Yeah, yes, you just neverknow. You never know. Great advice,
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very simple, yes, but Ithink, well, we tend to
overconciate things, so I think lessis more. Well that That's where I'm
at in my in my dating life. But I'm excited. I did meet
someone that I am talking to thatI never babys. I was like,
I never would expect that this tohave happened. So I'm just enjoying myself.
I'm not putting too much into it, but I'm just seeing how where
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it goes. Since you have nothingto little, like Carly said, like
you're just living living your best life. Yeah, one day, day day.
Yeah. No, And that's howI remember at the beginning too.
We were like, we liked eachother so much, but we just kept
saying like, let's just not putpressure on it. Let's not make you
know, big plans, you know. And he be like, well,
what are you doing in September?And it'd be like, you know,
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like that's cute, look at mycalendar, right, and then he's like,
I'm just kidding, having no bigplans, you know. And so
then we started like joking about it, but seriously like just yeah, every
day, you know, just yeah, it is fun. It is fun,
Okay, having fun. Give itup to our lady boss dating expert
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Carly Well, it's been an absolutepleasure girlfriend, having you on our show.
We are so stinking proud of youand all your success and just being
a fierce lady boss mom walking herpathway and making your children. Be so
proud of you and we both can'twait to see more of you and can't
wait to have you back on theshow. Oh my gosh, thank you
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so much. It's so much fun. Go go to Gnapha. I know
you're tired, No, I probablyhave like fifteen more minutes before my kids
get home. Oh my god,just your eyes. Yeah, well,
kinda likes to do she likes tohide from her kids. So the garage
is a good place for you togo to sleep. I'm not above it.
I'm not above it. I'm notjust for like five minutes. Oh
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God, leave me alone. Yeah, just leave me alone. Leave me
alone, you know all right?Sweetheart, have a great one, enjoy
your summer with your with your hotty. Happy one year anniversary. This is
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Miss Shanna, Honey, you knowthat we are huge fans when it comes
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to women that are mothers, thatwalk their own path, that sometimes have
things put in front of them thatthey weren't expecting it, that sometimes you've
just got a halt in life.Yep, you've got to situation yourself out
and you've got to set a newpath for yourself. You know what.
You gotta fall down seven times,stand up eight really, absolutely absolutely,
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it's not all rainbows and butterflies.It is not all rainbows and butterflies,
not at all. You can havefun in life and everything can be great
and exciting, and then within aminute your life is not what you thought
it would be. You got toreset it and step back and take a
breath and keep on keeping on.Yes, And we have come across an
amazing woman that I'm so stinking excited. I know so many Carina Craid is
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so sad that she is not heretoday as she's on vacation to welcome this
beautiful woman. Many of you thatlive in reality world and you know I'm
a huge reality star fan. Shehappens to be a reality star, but
more important that she's an amazing singlemom. Let's welcome to the show,
reality star and singer by the way, and I can't wait to talk to
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you about this. She has appearedon The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise twice,
and she is also known as someonethat is in the musical world.
We're going to dive into that whereshe opened for an amazing boy band that
is so very popular. But sayhello to Carly Woodell. Hello, my
love, Hello lady here. Weare so stinking excited to have you.
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First off, Carly, let metell you why this is so important for
me. Outside of you just beingan amazing reality story, you're absolutely adorable
watching on TV. You just younailed it. You nailed It's fine.
No, I love that you speakyour mind. You were you were holding
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back. Now you're like now,I don't like you. I wonder what
you were thinking. No, wonderingwhat you were thinking there? Yeah,
there's no chemistry here. I'm sorryyou are people like you in the world
is everybody's sugarcoat stuff. You knowwhat I mean, it's annoying. Well,
sometimes there's a time and place versussugar, but it there's time to
not but what a woman wants,we want. We're not going to sacrifice
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anything. This is what I holdup to my level and this is what
I'm looking for. Yeah, we'redefinitely gonna get into that. But the
real reason that I'm super excited tohave you on is because you are a
woman that went through a huge transitionas I did in my life that changes
your world forever. And that iswhen you realize, you know you you
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found the love of your life.You choose to lead a path with them,
you choose to have children with them, and then one day, after
fighting for your love for the longesttime, you realize you have to make
the biggest decision in your life,the hardest decision in your life, and
that is to walk away. Yeah, you know what I mean, and
you do. And I want totouch base with that because when I came
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across your song and you have suchan amazing voice two Little Angels, this
really hit home for me. Thankyou. I don't know how much you
want to dive into this because Iknow it's a painful thing. It's always
going to be painful, right whenwe relive like our ex our marriage and
stuff like that. But tell us, especially what too Little Angels song means
to you and how have you beensince you know, going through that journey.
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You know, it's interesting. Sothat song was when I like,
I did not want to write thatsong. So I worked with the producer
who also wrote with me on alllike the stuff on my album, well
my EP, and he at thevery beginning he was like, we should
write a song called Tulatta Angels andI was like no, I was like,
I'm not writing about my divorce.I'm just not doing it like I
want to write fun songs. Waslike, I don't know. I was
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in this headspace of just being likeI don't want to be sad at anymore.
I'm not adel like I can't writethat songs like that. That's just
not me. That's not who people. Even people don't relate to me in
that way. Like I'm just likethe fun one, right, and I
don't like feeling like sad like Imean nobody does. But like I really
I don't know. I just Idon't often go into that emotional place like
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I did that, like why wouldI want to go back? Right?
But then like at the very end, it was the last song that we
wrote of six, and you know, I was just like, you know,
what we're missing in this EP islike the real thing, you know.
And he's like, what about tulalangels or can we go back to
that? And I was like,oh gosh, And I was like,
I don't know, maybe, Andso I sat down with myself and really
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just started, you know, writinghow I felt in those moments and and
I'm I'm very much a person thatlike I'm a no regrets kind of person,
you know, And so land writingthat song, I still looked back
at the time and was like Istill would do it all over, you
know, like we didn't end uptogether, but without that, without every
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single thing that went on, Iwouldn't have these kids. You know.
I could say like, oh mygosh, well, like it was already
hard in the first one, andlike we should have just stopped and then
gotten to for it, but likeno, like then I wouldn't have Charlie.
So it was one of it wasjust like it was hard to write
and honestly, it's it's hard tosing, like, it's not sure.
I sang it a lot, likeevery night in the Nick Carter tour,
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and it wasn't you know, itwasn't an easy thing to even think because
it's so real and so raw andthough the emotions, you know, don't
land the way that they did atthat moment, it still is about like
the most it's the most personal thingI've ever written down. Absolutely, yeah.
Yeah. So it's like it's notlike you just write, you know.
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It's like if I wrote a bookand other people could read it and
I wouldn't have to feel that,but like performing and it's just such a
different, raw, kind of yucky, scary poy. I'm sure it is
well and that's it is. Andbut that's what's so amazing about music.
That's why it's so important to havemusic in our life, because you identified
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with certain things in your life.You're like yep, and so you know,
like you Carly, you know,I was married for seventeen years to
my my husband, and I havea beautiful fourteen year old daughter. And
even watching the music video, andI also came across you on YouTube talking
about the divorce room. I'm like, I can totally identify with you.
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And Shannon knows me, she's oneof my bestest friends. Like, we
tried so hard, you know,tried so hard and and to try to
make that decision that you know i'dlove you. But what's wrong? Why
what happened to us? We're disconnected? We can't make this work anymore?
What do we do for our child? I don't want to fail my marriage,
but I don't want to sacrifice mydaughter's happiness as well. She's seeing
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the fighting. I don't want herto see that and then to make that
final decision And who makes that decisionfor me? I made the decision because
my daughter finally said, Mom,I know you tried really hard, but
I want you and dad to behappy. And it's okay, that's amazing,
that's so brief and wh Yeah,but it's the kids are you know,
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we don't when they they listen themost, when we don't think that
they're listening, and they're soaking upall the all the ick and all the
love and all the all the stuffthat we give out and what the arguments
that are had or even though thethe good moments that are had. But
the things that they when they seetheir parent hurting as much as they want
you, guys, the parents tobe together, they love you just as
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much as we love them, unconditionally. And that's what it comes down to,
right. I mean, I don'tknow. I didn't get divorced,
but I by partner passed away twoyears ago, and so it's a different
loss. I'm not saying that it'sthe same thing. But we had a
lot of he was an addict,so we had a lot of a lot
of hard times. But like youhad said, I wouldn't ever take it
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back. I would do it againbecause without all of that, I wouldn't
have my two youngest kids, andI wouldn't I wouldn't have I've learned a
lot, and I've continued to advocatefor you know, mental health and addiction
and all these things and raising awarenessfor it, and raising awareness of grief
and how to deal with grief andhow to help your kids and how to
just be sad and being in themoment and feel okay with not being okay.
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And yeah, I remember, Carly, I remember you also talking about
you know, you're obviously you knowyou're incorporating this song into your children you
have your dad's hair, or youhave my looks, or but the kiddos
don't really understand the song in general. But I remember you saying like,
but my daughter knows that that Ohthey're talking about my mom's talking about me,
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which is so cool. They it. One of my favorite moments actually,
I've ever had on stage was therewas a live stream of one of
the Nick Carter concerts and my kidswere able to watch while they were at
Grandma and Grandpa's house, and solike singing that song and having them watch
me. They know that song andthey were like currently like singing along with
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me was just like so cool.And you know, my kids are so
young, they don't remember me andEvan together like they you know, they
bella I one time Evan was wellokay, so kind of the real story
is like, so Evan asked mefor a divorce and then he actually asked
to get back together with me,and we dated four from February to November.
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And then I realized that I waslike a secret and he hadn't told
his family we were together and allthese things we say thanksgiving up my house,
and I tried to give him ahug and he was like, please,
don't hug me in front of mykids, and I was like,
what are you talking about? Andso after for that, I just realized
that like I was a secret andthat I mean, we were still married.
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I felt so disgusting about myself andI you know, we had been
on vacations together, and it wasjust like I was never going to be
good enough for him. And Irealized in that moment, like I asked
for a divorce after that because Iwas just like this, I need a
man who thinks I'm the best thingin the whole world. And I thought
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that he did, but it wasjust like behind closed doors, didn't want
to. Yeah, and here you'retalking about a man that you meant on
a reality show for Guidsay, let'snot don't hug me in front of my
what and hide? Oh my gosh, so weird, so weird. Yeah,
yeah, it's definitely time for youto go for that one. Yeah.
Yeah, So there's a there's kindof how it really went down,
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but okay, all right, butagain then you like, you know,
I look back and think, youknow, so when he first asked me
for I was really shocked. Andthen when he was like I really want
to make the marriage work again.I was like what. And then,
you know, towards the end,I was like, you know, it's
just there was such a transition evenin that whole aspect of the relationship and
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me finding almost like my footing ofmyself again, Like I feel like I
just hadn't I had just kind ofbeen nothing for like five years. I've
been you know, trying to raisethese children and just being a yes person,
and you know, and then Iwas like what am I doing?
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Like I am also a woman andI'm a mom and I'm awesome, and
like how did I lose myself completely? You know? So it kind of
just hit like this restart button inme as a human being and as a
woman to just be like I'm takingmy power back. Yes, Like I
lost myself and I'm taking it back. And it was it was like a
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death, but just a reverse ofme for myself. I think I took
all three years because I've been singlenow three years, that I took the
time to reinvent who I am,what I want, what do I stand
for? I mean, you dochange as a human being when you go
through no, yeah, you doit. You're not. It's it's not
even whether you lose somebody through divorceor or or death or whatever, it's
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you don't ever get over it.You just learn how to continue on without
And even if they're still alive.You know, whether in a divorce situation,
you're still it's still a loss.You're still figuring out your way without
them, you know, on yourside through everything. Even though they're going
to be If you have children they'regood to you, you're still co parenting,
which is in itself difficult. Imean, that's a whole other topic,
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whole nother a whole other ring.But where's Margarita's my Margarita. But
obviously, obviously you have found yourway girl, because you especially in your
musical career, that landed you atopening for Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys
in Nashville. There's got to besome juicy details on that, girl.
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Oh my god, how was that? Oh my god? Honestly, like
that whole thing happened so fast,Like I was offered his last month of
the tour and I had like threeweeks to put together my set and like
kind of get out of town.But it was like so incredible because I
feel like I just I've just beenI'm saying since seriously like ten years,
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like it has been such a longtime. And again I lost myself so
putting music out again. And thenall of a sudden, like it was
a dream beyond a dream because Iwas a huge I was a huge battery
Like we couldn't afford to go toa Battery voice concert, so I had
every single CD but I never gotto see them. And then all of
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a sudden, I was like openingup for Nick cart Like it just didn't
like my brain, my brain likecan't compete that that was me that did
that. Like it's really it's almostlike amazing out of body, but it
was incredible, you know, likeI sang my songs. I did some
like really fun mashup songs. Andmy guitar player used to be my nanny
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and who's like she turned into likemy best friend anymore because my kids go
to school. But she was like, you know, my closest confident going
through my divorce and all the thingsfor three years and then all of a
sudden she's I was like, hey, would you want to go on tourist
me and play? And she's likewhat Yes, And you know, it
just like she's like basically kind oflike my little sister now kind of.
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And and so it was amazing justsharing it with like a person who had
been there with me through all ofthis stuff, right, And then we
were just out there jamming and likeafter we get up the stage would be
like, oh my gosh, we'rejust so good, so cool, so
cool. It was, I don'tknow, it was incredible. And Nick
was so night and like like hereally would. He would sit backstage and
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like actually listen to our set andbe like, hey man, I was
just listening to that song, andthat's a really cool line that you wrote,
you know, like oh wow.Actually was like you know, there
for us like as musicians and asjust people. He'd be like, you
know, go team, you know, and like give us high five before
it went on. It was reallycool. And the whole like ye seamless
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People wasn't made like it was.So I would have been gone to my
Michael Core's person and when I wouldhave grabbed out my poster of him that
I got from the record store backin the nineties, yeah, oh yeah,
oh yeah, can you sign thisplease? Oh my gosh. So
last night we went on stage withlike Nick Carter t shirts on, and
it was just like it was justgiving me all the life of me as
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like a twelve year old. Idon't know, oh yeah right now.
This is what you would have yoursleepovers and you would talk about at your
sleepovers, like what stage some timein all these mad things that yeah,
they're never they're not really going tohappen, and then they did and then
they did come on and then you'relike what, Yeah, you'd have like
your teen bs, like yeah,as a mom, Like it's just one
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of those things that you're like,I'm like, oh my god, I'm
old. I can't know what I'ma mom. Yeah, old that I'm
a mom. And I'm like,yeah, I turned thirty nine this year,
Like that doesn't happen a thirty nineyear old, you know what I
mean? Twenty one year old whohave kids like and so it's just another
part of it that's like it's justsurreal, like oh, guess what dreams
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do come true? Yeah they do. It sounds cliche for you, it
sounds cliche, but they absolutely do. And it's because you probably gave yourself
up to who you were trying tobe decided you're just going to be who
you are meant to be, totallyright where it goes. And this may
not have happened, because I dobelieve that, you know, there's a
journey that happens like that. Thismay not have happened. Like you're what
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you went through in the past havemade you stronger with who you are today
that got you to this point tohave this amazing experience because now you're out,
you know, being more of whoCarly is. You're authentically being your
Yeah, totally, yeah, Ilove that. So what are some of
the favorite songs and that you loveto perform live? Oh my god,
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you know it's so crazy. Somy well guitarist last previous Anny Sam,
she's like a huge Taylor Swift fan. So when we opened for Nick,
we did a really cool Taylor Wedid Taylor Swift mashups and they're so fun
because people are obsessed. So wedid Tim McGrath from Taylor, like Taylor
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Swift Timograth, and then we dida Tim McGrath song It's Your Love,
and we mashed those up and itwas so cool. And then we did
I opened for Nico Moon as well. We were just talking to ye.
Yes. Yeah, so it wasjust so fun because like when you give
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people your own songs, they reallysit there and love them, but then
in the middle love it. Whenyou get them give them something, you
know, then they become even moreinvolved in like your next song that's yours,
because they're like, oh my god, you just like crushed that really
cool song. So I don't know, it's kind of fun. We've been
adding like pop songs and things orcountry songs and things and just kind of
doing them in a different way.We did a really cool we did Toxic,
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but we like it made it reallylike viby and cool and like flow,
and that was really fun because it'sjust a very unexpected way to hear
that. It is too. Iwas trying to figure trying to picture that
or like to hear that in myhead, yeah, and I can't.
It's very it's like very cool andviby. So that was fun too.
And yeah, so those are kindof the things I like to do,
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like little unexpected things. Like amashup's always fun because people think when it
gets to the chorus, it's goingto be the chorus, but it's like
a course from a different song.And people are like, what's happening?
But those are always really I dolove the mashups. I mean that's trending
so big too, and like TikTokand Instagram, like I'm always now this
into these mashups and then I goto the artists and then I'm downloading them
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on my phone totally. Yeah,yeah, for sure. Yeah, but
those are really fun to perform justbecause you like people will sing along with
you and then they can't. Idon't like don't just kidding, sorry real
sorry, Well, so Carly,do you do you have any new music
on the way about you? Well? So, actually I put four of
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my songs out, but I wrotesix, so I still have two kind
of waiting in the wings that Isang. I've sang in some of these
concerts, but I just haven't putthem out yet. And then I have
a duet coming out and with likea a duo, a male duo.
That's gonna be fun. And thatsong is about really about stepping in out
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of your comfort zone and just beinglike I'm just gonna go do the thing.
And so because we sat down towrite and they were like, what
do you want to write about?And I was like, honestly, I
don't want to about like those timesyou're like I'm kind of scared to do
it, but like, let's justthrow that suitcase of fear like out and
let's just like walk into you know, into this scary thing with like you
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know, and just try to getthrough it and see what happens, you
know, So that that's really funand yeah, and then I'll put out
my other two songs. But kindof also, like you know, all
that was like kind of a whirlwind, and like, I mean, I'm
still trying to figure out, youknow, kind of mom life balance.
So it's like, you know,if I do too much of it,
then I feel pretty disconnected from akid. So it's like, I don't
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know, it's tough. I don'tknow. Well, no, there sounds
like you are though. I meanthat's That's the coolest thing about a journey,
is it is it along the way, there's obviously going to be some
rest stops where you have to beOkay, hold on a minute, reel
it in a little bit, enjoythe moment instead of getting so wrapped up
in it that you I think youeven lose the enjoyment because you're so wrapped
up in that moment that you lookback five years and you're like, oh
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my god, I don't even rememberright, like it was a whirlwind for
sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. And it is so
important to you know, lean onyour girlfriends, lean on your support system,
if you have you know, parentsaround you know, gosh, dang
it, we know we need it. Takes a vantage, honey, yes
it does. My dad with mykids right now, and then my mom.
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I met my parents out and mymom's upstairs keeping the dogs. Exactly.
See what perfect it is. We'recoming to your mom and dad over.
Come over anytime. We'll come over. So Carly, let's give some
advice to the mama's out there,especially single mama is creating a new path
for themselves and their kiddos. Whatadvice would you give them, especially to
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get through hard times like that.You know, I think that like one,
it really is going to be okay, like time really does heal.
But two I think about, likeI remember when I first moved into my
new house and I had moved likethirty minutes away from my parents, and
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it was just me and it wasjust a kid, and everybody had come
over for this big Thanksgiving that Italked about in Memil, and everybody left,
like my had my whole family,like my brother's everybody was there,
and everybody left, and I wasthere with all and Charlie and I was
like bath time and like you know, nighttime, and I just remember being
so overwhelmed, thinking like how amI gonna do this alone? Like Charlie
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was so young, I mean theywere both so young, and I just
you know, and then every dayit got easier, and it got easier,
and it got easier, and thenyou don't you didn't even think about
that time at bedtime because it wasjust the normal thing that you do.
And I think there's something to besaid with that, like it it will
get easier, and you know,it sucks. It sucks for a while,
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but then every day it sucks alittle bit less, and then it
doesn't suck at all. Yeah.Yeah, And then you look back and
you're like, damn, I didthat myself, and you tie yourself on
the back and you just know thatyou are awesome, and your kids are
awesome because of your love and yoursupport and all the things that you have
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done, and they're just gonna thinkyou're so cool, like your whole life.
I remember sitting on the on thefloor of my kitchen just looking up
and bawling. I'm like, oh, I can't get through this. I
can't get through this. And thenall my girlfriends are saying, Krista,
can you will get through this?I promise it's so hard. Yeah,
yeah, no, it really has. Those first moments are incredibly overwhelming.
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Yeah. Oh, they're defincredibly theyreally are. And I know that.
I remember thinking, like, rightafter Josh died, I remember thinking,
I'm never going to be okay,this is never I'm never going to be
How am I ever going to dothis? How? But it is funny
and you don't even know when ithappens, but all of a sudden it
is kind of you. It's likean aha, but it kind of is
where you look back and you're like, a minute, I did, I'm
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okay, it's okay, I amstrong, I'm okay. I mean it's
still but there's still moments that suck. They totally suck. But they you
look at your kids and you dosomething fun and you whatever, and you're
like, okay, all right,I got it. And well, actually,
speaking of kids, do you haveanything like any fun things playing with
your kids? And do you havea new boyfriend? Okay, I mean
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I'm just wondering. You don't haveto tell me. It's probably not so
many for actually, your anniversary iscoming up next week. Oh yeah,
it's so great. You got.I mean when I say that, like
I really found the guy who thinksI'm so great and he thinks my kids
are so great. He doesn't havekids himself, but he's older than me.
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He's so great, just like I'msupposed to be, like I'm supposed
to be true, like I matterlike you do. Yeah, yeah,
well you don't a queen, truequeen. Yeah, make sure that crown
straight, queen. Okay, yeah, that crown straight. And then my
kid, so well, we wentto get We went on actually our first
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like I will say, like ournew family kind of trip together to Gatlinburg
and Pigeon for which is like nottoo far away from us, but we
said in Airbnb and you know,did the whole thing and it was really
fun. And then we went toWe've already done so much and it's been
like, god, it's been liketwo weeks of summer summer, how long
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has it been? But then Wejust went to Dallas to visit my brother
and his whole family and just gotback last night. So we're like exhausted,
but in such a good, likesuch a fun way, peaceful.
You know, you just hit abig like excite vision by which you said
that, Well, my dad livedin Severeville, So my dad had an
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art gallery. He had an artgallery and pigeon porge. Oh that's awesome.
So I've been all around like gaslingBerger I did Yeh're so cute.
I got. I felt so excited. So now we're gonna end this sucker,
because let's be honest. So onceyou get back on the market,
you want to find yourself ahai,someone that's fabulous that takes care of you
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like you have found a man.I mean, is there any advice that
you would give to single moms thatyou know have finally processed their healing but
are now ready to get back outthere and meet someone, Any advice you
would give to them? Okay,So this is like advice to myself.
When I was feeling that way,I was like, I was like,
oh my gosh, do I evenwant to date? Blah blah blah.
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But my I was like, Iwill date someone. When someone is presented
in front of me that I'm like, I have to go out with that
person, Like okay, I justhave to like everything in life, in
my body, in soul a thing, like you have to. And I
actually, this is so crazy,but I saw this my boyfriend. I
saw him. He he's a lawyerand he was promoting his law firm on
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TV on the on the midday newsand the TV was on mute. But
like I walked by and I waslike, oh my gosh, they're like
he stopped me in my track.I was like, he is so handsome.
And for a month I had lookedhim up and for a month I
was too scared to talk to him. And I was like I don't think
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he has a girlfriend, but Idon't know, you know whatever. And
I like looked on his Instagram andfinally I was like, drink Mekila one
night with my girlfriend, Like youwould least have to follow it. And
so then I followed him and thenhe like liked a video of my son
from like two years ago, likethe man deep dived. Oh my god.
So my advice is like just try, like you never know who the
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person you know who the person isallow yourself to be open to like any
possibility and just like put yourselves outthere because like, who cares if the
date goes bad whatever. You probablygot a free cocktailer or something, you
know whatever, and then you learnedto like, oh I don't like that
type of person, or maybe youmeet I mean was my first date,
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you know, like, and Iasked him out. So it was like,
I think you should just put yourselfout there and go for it.
Shoot your shot, like even ifyou're scared, maybe have a margarita or
two. It does help. I'mnot gonna lie. It does help.
Yeah, yes, you just neverknow. You never know. Great advice,
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very simple, yes, but Ithink, well, we tend to
overconciate things, so I think lessis more. Well that That's where I'm
at in my in my dating life. But I'm excited. I did meet
someone that I am talking to thatI never babys. I was like,
I never would expect that this tohave happened. So I'm just enjoying myself.
I'm not putting too much into it, but I'm just seeing how where
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it goes. Since you have nothingto little, like Carly said, like
you're just living living your best life. Yeah, one day, day day.
Yeah. No, And that's howI remember at the beginning too.
We were like, we liked eachother so much, but we just kept
saying like, let's just not putpressure on it. Let's not make you
know, big plans, you know. And he be like, well,
what are you doing in September?And it'd be like, you know,
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like that's cute, look at mycalendar, right, and then he's like,
I'm just kidding, having no bigplans, you know. And so
then we started like joking about it, but seriously like just yeah, every
day, you know, just yeah, it is fun. It is fun,
Okay, having fun. Give itup to our lady boss dating expert
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Carly Well, it's been an absolutepleasure girlfriend, having you on our show.
We are so stinking proud of youand all your success and just being
a fierce lady boss mom walking herpathway and making your children. Be so
proud of you and we both can'twait to see more of you and can't
wait to have you back on theshow. Oh my gosh, thank you
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so much. It's so much fun. Go go to Gnapha. I know
you're tired, No, I probablyhave like fifteen more minutes before my kids
get home. Oh my god,just your eyes. Yeah, well,
kinda likes to do she likes tohide from her kids. So the garage
is a good place for you togo to sleep. I'm not above it.
I'm not above it. I'm notjust for like five minutes. Oh
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God, leave me alone. Yeah, just leave me alone. Leave me
alone, you know all right?Sweetheart, have a great one, enjoy
your summer with your with your hotty. Happy one year anniversary. This is
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