Chris Carmack was once best known for his muscle head character's line, "Welcome to The O.C., bitch!" Nowadays, he's more synonymous with Nashville than Newport, and he's taking that nation vibe off-screen.
The Nashville performing artist's part on the show has had some impact on his genuine living. Be that as it may, despite the fact that Carmack as of late discharged his EP Pieces of You, yet blue grass music wasn't generally on his radar.
"I've for a long while been itching to sing and play. My first love was jazz," Carmack, 35, tells PEOPLE. "I played jazz sax and afterward I began playing soul guitar, and from that point stretched out into some different classifications."
"Nation is one of the later investigations I've had, however
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"This occupation is by a wide margin the most extraordinary employment that I've had in my profession," he says. "I've made dear companions, we've had mind boggling experiences and travels and we've gone on visits over the United States with the music."
Notwithstanding making some extraordinary buddies, Carmack likewise met his life partner, Erin Slaver, by method for the appear.
Slaver was playing violin in a band with Sam Palladio, who plays Gunnar on Nashville, furthermore showed up on the show as one of Juliette Barnes' (Hayden Panettiere) reinforcement vocalists. Amid a night out, Carmack was inspired by her execution and they got to be companions. After a year, they began dating.
Carmack even fused music into his proposition.
"I proposed on a housetop at an inn in New York," he reviews. "I enlisted a little vagabond jazz quartet to play some of our main tunes."
Carmack says Slaver was totally shocked when he popped the inquiry. Fortunately, the performing artist guaranteed his significant other to-be was camera-prepared for the pivotal turning