Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer, actress, and songwriter. She was born on March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Her parents are Carole Underwood and Stephen Underwood. She was raised on a farm in Oklahoma. Carrie Underwood always liked singing and playing the guitar since she was little and always wanting to be a singer. Carrie Underwood graduated at the Checotah Public School. She soon after that went to Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She majored in Broadcast Journalism and put aside her dreams of becoming a singer, soon after that she decided to try out for American Idol. Carrie Underwood was almost entirely unknown when she auditioned for American Idol in 2004. She was 21 when she auditioned. Carrie