Did Carrie Underwood change her name when she got married? Why didn’t Carrie Underwood change her last name?

Carrie Underwood legally changed her name when she married former NHL player Mike Fisher. That technically makes her Carrie Fisher.

However, Carrie Underwood still uses her birth name professionally. In September 2020, Carrie Underwood won her third Entertainer of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music, making her the first woman in history to do so.

Carrie Marie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States of America. In August 2020, Underwood hosted her own Apple Radio Show, entitled XO Radio.

Carrie Underwood achieved the second best-selling release by a woman in 2012 and won a Grammy Award with her fourth album, Blown Away (2012). Underwood’s single “Inside Your Heaven” made her the only country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

On September 16, 2022, Underwood joined several artists to honor Vince Gill for a CMT Giants 90-minute special. Underwood was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2017, the highest honor one can receive from the state.