Carly Pearce is looking back at the risks she took during her career.In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 36-year-old country singer discussed the upcoming release of her fifth studio album, "Honest Woman," which she co-produced with longtime collaborator Ben West.She also admitted that she likes to "ruffle" people's feathers on the internet, especially when it comes to her song lyrics."I think the song that probably was a bit scary for everybody was 'Church Girl,'" she said."Any time you talk about religion or...
Sex, drugs, drinking, same sex and Jesus all in the same sentence, that's a lot."COUNTRY STAR RILEY GREEN SETS THE INTERNET ON FIRE AFTER DEBUTING IMPRESSIVE NEW SONG 'LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN'Pearce admitted she likes to "ruffle" people's feathers online, especially when it comes to her song lyrics.(Larry McCormack/Disney via Getty Images)While it may be "a lot" for her fans, Pearce explained she "thought it was important" for her to put her "flag in the ground on things that are important to me," adding that doing so "makes me proud."WATCH: CARLY PEARCE ADMITS HER SONG ‘CHURCH GIRL’ WAS ‘SCARY’ FOR SOME OF HER TEAMThroughout her career, the "truck on fire" singer has won a Grammy Award, three CMA Awards and four ACM Awards, and has released four studio albums, but says her upcoming fifth album is her must vulnerable.She explained that she "really challenged myself to kind of be even more honest and vulnerable and real than I ever have been" when writing this album, noting it "feels so personal and it feels like a return to form for me.""'Dream Come True' was the first song that I wrote for the album, and I remember when I wrote that song, I did not even realize that I needed to write that song, but I was in a place where I really needed that song," she said.
"And I think that song in particular opened up my eyes to what needed to happen in order for me to make this record, which was I needed to go on a quest and find myself again."Pearce c...