Carly Pearce joins Hillary Scott on this special Christmas-themed episode of Country Faith Radio. The two catch up on Carly’s recent success and critical acclaim with “29” album, and they talk about Carly’s recent rendition of “Mary, Did You Know?” and the release of her first Christian song with Matthew West, “Truth Be Told.” Hillary also shares some of her favorite Christmas songs and tells stories about her family’s favorite holiday traditions.
Tune in and listen to the full episode this Sunday (December 19) at 8am PT / 10am CT / 11am ET or anytime on demand at apple.co/_CountryFaith
Carly Pearce on her Christmas traditions with her parents
I’m really close with my parents, and I go down to Alabama where they live, and my mom and I, we like every year to pick out a couple of really elaborate Christmas desserts or Christmas cakes that we really, we don’t have a business making. We really need Martha Stewart to make it for us, but we take it on, and it’s so much fun, and she’s already sent me pictures of what we’re going to make this year. It seems a little bit difficult. She’s really confident in our abilities, but we have so much fun doing it together and watching Christmas movies. And honestly, just being with my parents and seeing them, just with everything that’s happened in the last year, I haven’t seen them a lot, but just being with the people that have helped me make my dreams come true is so much fun, and not wearing makeup and spending time with the people that you love the most.
Carly Pearce on what Christmas means to her as a Christian
It’s a celebration of the one constant, consistent love in my life. And to be able to celebrate the joy of his birth and the joy, I’m just so fulfilled and full of joy. I mean, joy is just the word I think of when I think of Christmas and the season and being able to be with those that I love so much on this earth and those that instilled this faith in me and just a celebration of his life and that he was made. And just everything that encompasses that.
Carly Pearce on Why She Recorded “Mary, Did You Know?”
It’s always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. I think my mom, when I was young, just introduced me to that song and it was one of her favorites. And I think there’s something so haunting about the melody of that song, but also, like you said, what it speaks to. It’s like, “Mary, do you have any idea how special your son is?” And I think that’s just why the spirit of Christmas and what Christmas is about is just, “this child that you delivered is soon to deliver you”… It’s just, it’s one of my favorite lyrics in the song and it’s just, to me, such a beautiful reminder of his love.
Carly Pearce on Recording “Truth Be Told” with Matthew West
I always wanted to find some kind of collaboration in the Christian world and I knew it would come at the right time, and I’m such a fan of Christian music. And I knew Matthew just through the years of writing and I’ve always been a fan of him, but his team reached out and said they wanted to find a country artist that could kind of make his great song “Truth Be Told” into a duet. And I started listening to the lyrics and just laughing because I absolutely felt like God was saying to me, “Here you go. This is exactly what you’re experiencing every second of the day right now.” And I felt so lucky to have been able to do it and I felt so grateful for Matthew. And he’s become such a dear friend, him and his wife and their daughters. He’s just an amazing person. And more than I knew, just listening to his music and my fans, I feel like I didn’t know that song then turned to this song and loved this song.
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