For anyone already impressed by the home’s downstairs rooms, the primary suite offered another reason to keep exploring. The bedroom featured its own gas fireplace and generous windows, while the bathroom centered on a deep Jacuzzi-style soaking tub with two vanities nearby.
But the real showstopper was the dressing suite. A spiral staircase connected the primary closet to an enormous dressing room on the floor below, giving Carrie’s clothes and accessories an extraordinary amount of dedicated space.
Cream-colored display shelves and illuminated niches surrounded a pink tufted seat, while mirrored surfaces reflected the light throughout the room. A rolling wooden library ladder completed the elaborate design, allowing Carrie to reach the higher shelves with ease.
Marble flooring and specially designed displays gave handbags and shoes their own elegant surroundings. There was also a Hollywood-style illuminated vanity and a separate lounge area where she could sit and get ready. Crystal chandeliers added yet another touch of glamour.
The outdoor areas were just as inviting. Tiered stone terraces, iron railings, and a circular fire pit created attractive spaces for relaxing outside. On the covered porch, rocking chairs sat beneath a ceiling fan and looked out toward the golf course and surrounding greenery.
Yet photographs shared by Carrie and Mike revealed something beyond the luxurious finishes. Comfortable sofas gathered around fireplaces, family dogs stretched out on the cushions, and the rooms accommodated the everyday routines of a young family. The home had plenty of elegance, but its warmth came from the people and animals living inside it.
The Night Outside That Changed Everything
The Brentwood property became the setting of a frightening accident on November 10, 2017. Carrie had simply gone outside to take her dogs out when she fell, breaking her wrist and suffering facial injuries that required between 40 and 50 stitches.
Speaking to Hoda Kotb on the Today show, the singer explained how unexpectedly the accident happened.
“I just fell. I just tripped taking my dogs out to do their business. It could happen to anybody.”
She went on to describe the moment when she lost her footing.
“There was one little step that I went to catch myself on, and I missed.”
The injury to her wrist required surgery, forcing Carrie to withdraw from the Country Rising benefit concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Although news of her broken wrist became public relatively quickly, she waited longer before discussing the extent of the injuries to her face.
In a message to her fan club obtained by People, she described the experience as a reminder of how suddenly life can change.
“It’s crazy how a freak random accident can change your life.”
Seven weeks into her recovery, Carrie was still uncertain about how her appearance would change as her injuries healed. She also wanted fans to understand that she might look different when she eventually returned in front of the camera.
“And when I am ready to get in front of a camera, I want you all to understand why I might look a bit different.”
By the following spring, she was offering a more reassuring update. At a Mother’s Day event in New York City for her CALIA by Carrie Underwood brand, she told those around her, “I feel great.”
However, the accident was not the only concern connected to the family’s Brentwood address. According to a source who spoke to People in 2018, security issues in the neighborhood had also contributed to the couple’s interest in moving.
“They are completely done with the neighborhood. The decision came after her fall,” the source said.
The insider added that the family had been experiencing problems with people being allowed into the community by neighbors.
“They’ve been having a lot of issues with neighbors letting people in the community to look around and it all escalated after the fall.”
By October 2018, a photograph of a moving truck shared by Mike suggested that the family was preparing to leave. The Brentwood villa eventually went on the market in 2019 for $1.45 million. Their next chapter, however, would take them to a much larger and more private property in Tennessee.
Their Franklin Dream Had Been Growing for Years
The move to the farm was not a rushed decision made after Carrie’s accident. The couple had been building toward their rural lifestyle for years, with land purchases beginning in 2011.
According to Realtor.com, Carrie and Mike acquired the property through two transactions totaling $3.2 million. The estate stretches across 400 acres in Franklin, Tennessee, where they developed a custom home surrounded by multiple barns and private horse facilities.
The property also includes a lake, chicken coop, and vegetable gardens. Rather than simply providing a beautiful place to live, the land gave the family room to pursue the activities they enjoyed and create a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Carrie already had a clear idea of the comforts she wanted in her dream home. In a 2016 interview with Country Living, she revealed three of her priorities.
“My must-haves are a wood-burning fireplace, a porch swing, and rocking chairs.”
The Franklin property offered plenty of room to bring that vision to life. Black rail fencing follows green pastures beneath open skies, while a weathered timber barn features a warm red metal roof and cupola. An American flag and a honey-colored wooden outbuilding complete the countryside setting.
Another large cedar-clad building provides storage and equipment space, while the property’s outdoor equestrian facilities allow the family to spend time riding and caring for their horses. The open fields and rolling landscape give the estate a distinctly rural atmosphere.
Inside the main residence, tall grid windows bring natural light into the rooms. Sunlight falls across pale, wide-plank floors and soft neutral furnishings, while iron stair railings add definition to the open spaces. The overall design combines comfortable elegance with the relaxed atmosphere of a family home.
The house includes several bedrooms and bathrooms, multiple living spaces, and a basement. Carrie also has a walk-in closet with floor-to-ceiling storage for clothing and accessories. Farm life may have changed her daily routine, but it did not mean giving up every luxury.
Social media photographs have offered glimpses of the family’s life inside the property. Children dance in the living room, birthday celebrations take place at home, and the dogs lounge together in festive sweaters beneath the Christmas tree. These everyday moments reveal the family atmosphere Carrie appears determined to preserve.
The Farm’s Cutest Residents Had Busy Schedules, Too
Beyond the main house, the farm has its own collection of residents. Bright pine-lined stalls and fresh bedding provide a comfortable setting for newborn lambs, which Carrie has been photographed cradling and bottle-feeding.
Curious donkeys also wander around the property, often approaching the fences to investigate whoever happens to be nearby. Chickens enjoy their sunny outdoor runs, and some have even appeared wearing tiny bow ties — a playful detail that shows the family has not lost its sense of humor amid the daily chores.
The wider animal household includes cows, horses, sheep, ducks, and other poultry. Carrie, 43, and Mike, 46, share the farm with their two sons, Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, 7.
Looking after all the animals requires considerable time and effort, particularly when the couple travels for work. Carrie explained that a farm manager helps care for the sheep and horses when she and Mike are away.
Speaking to Fox News Digital after a Disney-themed episode of American Idol in April 2026, she acknowledged that the family cannot manage every task on its own.
“We do as much as we can, but I’m obviously not there all the time, and neither is my husband, so we do have help,” she said.
Even with that assistance, Carrie believes the property could provide much of what her family needs if she had enough time to devote herself to it.
“I think if I had to, I could be self-sustained at home. I love growing things.”
Her interest in growing food has become one of the most visible parts of her farm life, turning the property into much more than a home surrounded by animals and open fields.
Her Greenhouse Gave Her Plenty to Brag About
Carrie and Mike began developing their garden after moving to the farm, making more substantial progress during the pandemic in 2020. By 2023, Carrie had taken her enthusiasm for homegrown produce to another level by working with Epic Gardening on a greenhouse.
As Hello! detailed in 2024, the greenhouse measures 16 by 28 feet and allows her to grow produce throughout the year. Inside, the growing areas include L-shaped, rectangular, and round beds. Additional raised beds sit outdoors, while a potting bench occupies the south side of the greenhouse between citrus trees.
The space supports a wide variety of plants. Herb beds and seeding tables are used for crops such as arugula and chives, while the rest of the garden produces carrots, beets, radishes, and tomatoes.
Her growing efforts also extend to wild strawberries, zucchini, squash blossoms, mushrooms, and watermelons. The orchard supplies apples and peaches, while blueberry and blackberry bushes add even more variety to the harvest. The family’s hens provide fresh eggs, making the trip from the garden to the kitchen especially rewarding.
In 2024, Carrie celebrated harvesting her first mandarins, sharing her excitement with followers on Instagram Stories.
“Ahhhhh!!!! Picked my first mandarins today! I’m so excited!!!!”
She also showed off limes grown in the greenhouse. Hello! estimated her fortune at $120 million that year, making her enthusiasm over a small harvest particularly charming. Despite her success as a country music superstar, she appeared just as delighted by the satisfaction of growing her own fruit.
One of her biggest gardening achievements came from an Italian heirloom variety of tromboncino squash. Carrie planted the seeds during the summer of 2025 and admitted that she did not always follow the most careful gardening routine.
“I’m a lazy gardener, and I just throw seeds in the ground and hope for the best.”
Only one seed germinated, but the plant more than made up for the others. By November, Carrie was showing off five enormous squash, some nearly reaching her own height.
“We’ll be eating these all winter!” she wrote, clearly delighted with the results.
Freshly harvested beets and giant carrots have provided additional rewards, while pergolas and white picket accents give the growing areas a little extra charm. Inside the house, wooden tables filled with jars and sage-green pantry shelves hold the results of Carrie’s preserving efforts.
She makes applesauce and preserves homegrown produce, and crocheting is among her other activities. During a 2023 appearance on The Dr. Josh Axe Show, she explained the family’s approach to eating.
“We eat what we have. We eat seasonally. It all tastes delicious because it’s food.”
For Carrie, the pleasure is not limited to enjoying the finished harvest. She also loves the process of planting something, caring for it, and watching it grow. Speaking to Epic Gardening, she described the experience in a way that captured her enthusiasm.
“It feels like little miracles every time I get something.”
Cinderella’s Ball Ended With Some Very Messy Chores
With so much happening at home, the contrast between Carrie’s farm routine and her television appearances could hardly be greater. When Us Weekly spoke with her at the April 27, 2026, taping of American Idol for its Taylor Swift-themed night, she offered a fairy-tale comparison to describe her working life.
“When I’m away [for work], I’m like Cinderella at the ball,” she said. “I’m a princess, and it’s great.”
Returning home, however, means trading glamorous outfits and television lights for a very different environment.
“And then I come home, and I’m covered in dirt [and] poop. It’s just the polar opposite,” she explained.
She added that her responsibilities at home are much more ordinary.
“I’m cleaning up after everybody and barefoot in the kitchen,” Carrie said. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
The farm’s orchard also offers her a quiet place to pray. One visit in 2025, however, included an unexpected encounter with a rat snake hiding in a blueberry bush.
Carrie said she was surprised shortly after beginning her prayer and reflected on faith and the way unexpected difficulties can appear even when someone feels close to God.
After finishing her prayer, she continued with her morning and left the snake alone. Even a peaceful walk through the blueberry bushes, it seems, can come with an occasional surprise.
Her Sons Gave Mom an Ordinary Job Title
Carrie’s affection for rural life did not begin with her move to Franklin. Her connection to that lifestyle reaches back to her upbringing in Oklahoma, long before she auditioned for the fourth season of American Idol in 2004 and became a household name.
Becoming a mother brought a new priority for Carrie and Mike: giving their children as normal an upbringing as possible despite their parents’ extraordinary careers. At home, the daily routine includes preparing breakfast, packing lunches, and taking the boys to school.
Speaking to SiriusXM, Carrie explained how important family meals are to their routine.
“We eat dinner at least five nights a week at the dinner table, and it’s something I cooked.”
She added with characteristic humor, “I don’t know if it’s good or not, but we ain’t starving.”
An insider speaking to Us said Carrie particularly enjoys teaching her sons how to grow vegetables and care for the animals. The source explained that although her career remains important, she sees family life as her true priority.
“She loves her career and creating and performing, but as she has said, that’s not her real life. Her real life is at home with her family.”
Her love of cooking and growing food is reflected in the family’s kitchen, where she has also shared photographs of homemade bread and other food prepared from scratch.
Their Country Happiness Still Required Some Compromise
Protecting their family time has required effort, particularly because both Carrie and Mike have demanding professional lives. Mike played for the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators during his hockey career, briefly returning from retirement in 2018. An insider described the challenge of balancing their different professional paths as the couple’s biggest relationship struggle.
Carrie returned to American Idol in March 2025 for its 23rd season, becoming the first former winner to join the judging panel. Sitting alongside Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, she found a workplace she enjoyed.
Speaking to Us in April 2026, she said, “I feel like everybody is very respectful, and we have fun. And life’s too short not to, you know?”
Her 72-show Reflection residency in Las Vegas ended in April 2025 after nearly four years. Mike and their sons traveled with her during the engagement, but an insider said the arrangement required a major adjustment to the family’s lifestyle. Although Carrie had enjoyed the residency, the source suggested she needed a break afterward.
Her professional plans continued into 2026. She launched her wellness brand, HiNote, and had a short summer tour on her calendar, including a planned appearance at the Wildlands Festival in Big Sky, Montana.
At home, she continued working with her longtime trainer, Eve Overland, and enjoyed running outdoors. Her local circle also included close friend Ivey Childers, who was married to Carrie’s bandleader.
Mike, meanwhile, remained retired from hockey while pursuing business interests and spending considerable time hunting and fishing. His enthusiasm for hunting has sometimes highlighted a difference between the couple, as Carrie is a vegetarian with a well-known affection for animals.
In their web series, Mike and Carrie: God & Country, Mike openly acknowledged that hunting was not something his wife enjoyed.
“Carrie does not like hunting one bit,” he admitted.
Carrie responded with a playful comment about what would make their lives even more compatible.
“If he could be a vegan/vegetarian, my life would be almost perfect.”
The couple have also faced much deeper challenges together. Between the births of their two sons, they experienced three miscarriages. Their faith helped them navigate those painful experiences, as well as the difficulties of spending time apart because of their careers.
The Us insider described Mike as more reserved and conservative, while Carrie was characterized as more open-minded. Despite their differences, the source emphasized the beliefs they shared and the compromises they made to maintain their relationship.
“As supportive as he is of her career, he’s a guy who wants normalcy,” the source said. “They are a very traditional couple living a not-so-traditional life.”
Family photographs shared by the couple show the softer side of that life: Carrie playing with Isaiah and Jacob on the living room sofa, Mike spending time with the boys, and the family enjoying outdoor activities together. The children fish from the private lake, explore the pastures, and share the kind of everyday moments that Carrie has repeatedly said matter most to her.
For Carrie, normal life may involve a beautiful home, a busy farm, animals that need attention, and the occasional muddy pair of boots waiting by the door. But after leaving behind the luxury of the Brentwood villa, she appears to have found exactly the kind of family life she wanted in Franklin.
And judging by the affection she has shown for the property, its animals, and the harvests from her garden, getting a little dirty before dinner is a trade-off she is more than happy to make.