Accustomed to performing under the bright lights of concert halls as well as TV studios during her time as a finalist on "The Voice," country music star Karen Waldrup of Nashville never anticipated the darkness and despair that would accompany a divorce.But she told Fox News Digital this week in a moving interview how she got through the most "awful" times in the fall of 2025, even while recording new songs, including "Keeping the Faith" and "Just in Case," which is out Friday, Sept.18.The songs and the phrases have deep resonance with her Christian faith, she said. 105 YEAR-OLD CREDITS THE GOOD LORD FOR HER LONG LIFE: ‘EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING’"'Keeping the Faith' is one of my favorite songs I've ever been a part of," she said.It's not just about "keeping the faith, it's about keeping the hope, keeping the dream, keeping the focus, keeping the optimism.
I went through a really challenging time in the fall of 2025....
It was awful.So many people know the disheartening horror of that experience, and it was terrible."Karen Waldrup is pictured during her time on "The Voice." She spoke to Fox News Digital about the importance of faith and reading the Bible, especially during a very difficult personal experience in the fall of 2025. (Griffin Nagel/NBC via Getty Images)"But I decided to make a song, ‘Keeping the Faith,'" said the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter. "And the day that I tracked that song was a tough day.
It was the toughest day that I've ever been in the studio.And I didn't know if it was even going to come out good because I felt so broken. ‘QUIET QUITTING’ IN MARRIAGE: THE SUBTLE SIGNS A SPOUSE HAS EMOTIONALLY CHECKED OUT "But I think in the end, the song came out great because of the brokenness," she said.
"I think you can kind of hear it in the vocal, the desperation of keeping the faith and saying, ‘Hey, you know what, no matter what goes on, you got to get back up and go, you got it.Pick it up.
You got to keep the faith.’ And so ...