{"id":37287,"date":"2026-07-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=37287"},"modified":"2026-07-24T05:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:47:38","slug":"carly-pearce-opens-up-about-choosing-career-over-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/07\/carly-pearce-opens-up-about-choosing-career-over-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce Opens Up About Choosing Career Over Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Carly Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0has publicly declared she does not want children, addressing a fan question on TikTok. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want children. I&#8217;m totally okay with that,&#8221; she said, adding that society should normalize child-free choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pearce clarified she loves kids but her dream was always music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;My dream was to pursue country music and live on the road. It&#8217;s never been my dream.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Pearce, who has been dating Jordan Karcher for over a year, says she does want to remarry despite her 2020 divorce from Michael Ray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I absolutely wanna get married again and intend to get married again.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Pearce&#8217;s career inspiration Dolly Parton is also child-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@carlypearce\/video\/7665104424343309582\" data-video-id=\"7665104424343309582\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@carlypearce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@carlypearce?refer=embed\">@carlypearce<\/a> <p>Replying to @Donna Comer Keep the questions coming. \ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udc47 <a title=\"countrymusic\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/countrymusic?refer=embed\">#Countrymusic<\/a> <a title=\"honestwoman\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/honestwoman?refer=embed\">#HonestWoman<\/a> <a title=\"countrytok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/countrytok?refer=embed\">#CountryTok<\/a> <a title=\"musictok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/musictok?refer=embed\">#MusicTok<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Carly Pearce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7665104518707415821?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Carly Pearce<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce\u00a0has publicly declared she does not want children, addressing a fan question on TikTok. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want children. 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