Carrie Underwood’s House Catches On Fire

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

June 17th 12:38 PM

Carrie Underwood and her family are safe after their house caught on fire South of Nashville last night (6/16) around 9:40 PM CT.

Leiper’s Fork fire crews rushed to the scene last night (6/16) on her Williamson County property in the Pinewood community.

Williamson County Fire Rescue told Nashville TV station WKRN TV that the county dispatched all eight of its stations to Underwood’s property because of the home’s remote location. The fire crews had to travel up a long road and then up a long driveway to the primary residence. First responders found a fully-involved fire in the property’s garage.

A spokesperson for the country star released a statement, saying in part, “There was a fire on the property on Sunday night, which was quickly contained. There was no fire damage to the primary residence, and the family and their pets were unharmed.”

Because the large home already had a 10,000-gallon water tank on the premises, firefighters were able to quickly knock down the fire. However, the fire got into the walls and flared back up in hot spots, so firefighters remained on the scene for several hours.

Officials said investigators are working to determine what sparked the fire near the garage.

Underwood’s thoughts were with the men in her life on Sunday (6/16) as she celebrated Father’s Day with her family.

In a recent interview, Carrie told us she knows how fortunate she is, “Well, I am very lucky in my life to have two incredible fathers – my own father, and then I get to watch my husband be a father to our boys – strong, amazing men, I am very lucky to be around them.”

She added of her husband, “Mike, as a dad, is just super involved in our boys’ lives, very hands-on. It takes a team to be able to support my crazy life, and Mike’s always running around doing a lot of charity things, and he’s always meeting with people, and he’s on different boards and stuff like that, so we’re very much switching off duties as far as taking boys here and there to school and sports and to all the extra-curricular activities.”

The superstar continued, “I just love that I feel like we’re such a great team. I love it that he gets to now work with Isaiah on sports and things like that, and I know he loves it too. So, I think that’s one of my favorite qualities about Mike is just how hands on of a father he is and very willing to pick up the slack when I’m crazy busy.”

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

5 of Carrie Underwood's Outstanding Music Videos

"Before He Cheats" (2007)
It’s such a fantastic music video for what is one of her greatest songs. In the award-winning video CMT (it won 2007 Video of The Year), Carrie is seen leaving a parking lot brandishing a Louisville Slugger, having just vandalized her boyfriend’s truck for cheating on her. As the video progresses, Underwood takes the stage to sing as various objects behind her, such as lamps, are seen exploding.

At one point, a screenshot of the truck’s front seat is seen with Underwood’s name carved in it. Eventually, she catches up with her cheating boyfriend with the other woman. After looking shocked for a second, she scoffs and drops the keys to his now-demolished truck into his drink.

In her Las Vegas reflections show, she sings the song as a silver Jeep is lowered to the stage and catches on fire. Dancers carrying baseball bats (Louisville Sluggers) dance around her.
"Blown Away" (2013)
I’m not gonna lie; this song is one of my five favorite songs of all time. The music video won the CMT Music Video of the Year honor in 2013 and is just as powerful. Carrie said that when she first heard the song, she already had ideas for a possible video for it and wanted it to be a dark Wizard of Oz. She noted at the time (2012) that it was “a visual song.” She added, “It’s so dramatic. I’m not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it’s surreal.”

When asked if her aim in the video was to generate controversy with the storyline, she said that it was not what she was aiming for at all. She said, “I try to avoid controversy in any form or fashion. It was just such a great story and such a mini-movie, listening to the song, and we really wanted to do it justice in the video.”
"Somethin' In The Water" (2014)
Underwood is not afraid to show her religious side, and she does just that in “Somethin’ In The Water.” This music video was named Video of the Year by CMT in 2015.

For the music video, Carrie performed with dancers from the Shaping Sound Dance Academy dancing in the background and required 16 choir members, 12 dancers, three costume changes, and a custom-built tank of recycled water to create the “dance spectacle.”

She co-wrote the song and gave the song its title.
"Cry Pretty" (2019
This song was the title cut from her album in 2019 and the name of her headlining tour that she did to promote the album. She co-wrote the song with Nashville power songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose. Fans know Rose because of her credits for her co-writing with Taylor Swift.

The music video won the CMT Music Awards Video of the Year honor in 2019 and shows Underwood on stage and backstage. For the video and the tour, eye stickers were created under her eyes that show tears and glitter. Carrie wore them on stage, in the music video and of course the album’s cover.

Carrie shows off her impressive acting skills in the music video as she weeps, sings, and tells the story of a woman in pain faking her happiness and noting that you can’t “Cry Pretty.”
"Cowboy Casanova" (2010)
This was the CMT Music Awards Video of the Year in 2010. The music video features Underwood and her entourage, who are all wearing flapper party gowns. In the clip, she warns everyone about smooth-talking, attractive men and their true intentions.

The man in the video has designs on Carrie’s character in the video. In the end, along with her empowered entourage, she has a showdown with the man in a back alley and defiantly spurns his advances, leading him to give up and walk away.

The was Underwood’s first choreographed video.