Keith Urban Uses CMA Fest Magic To Join Carrie Underwood For โ€˜The Fighterโ€™

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Country Duets Are The Best

Duets are some of the most popular songs in country music. All you have to do is look at the success of songs such as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogersโ€˜ โ€œIslands in the Streamโ€ to know the truth of that statement.

islands in the stream

Another hit country duet has emerged in more recent times. Performed by Keith Urban and featuring Carrie Underwood, โ€œThe Fighterโ€ battled its way to country radio stations all over the map, and claimed the top spot on the chart.

Urban and Underwood have performed the song at countless awards shows, including the Grammys, and CMT Music Awards.

Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood - The Fighter - Live

But the two obviously canโ€™t be together every time Urban wants to sing โ€œThe Fighterโ€ live.

The Perfect Solution

So when Underwood was unable to attend the 2017 CMA Fest in Nashville, Urban found a creative solution. Underwood taped herself singing her parts to the song before Urban took the stage, and he kept that footage in his back pocket to surprise his fans.

As the packed crowd listened to Urban sing, they were surprised to see Underwoodโ€™s image suddenly appear on one of the screens next to the stage.

Wearing a shirt with Urbanโ€™s Ripcord cover art on the front, Underwood grooved along to the music as she sang.

Weโ€™re glad that Urban added that special touch to his performance. โ€œThe Fighterโ€ just isnโ€™t the same without Underwood singing with him! Tune in below to watch Urban work a little CMA Fest magic with Underwood on โ€œThe Fighter.โ€

This is one song we will never get tired of listening to!

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Miranda Raye

Hello, I'm Miranda, a lifelong country music fan! There are old home videos of me in my baby swing, swinging along to Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Sheltonโ€™s โ€œRockinโ€™ Years.โ€ Being able to unite my passions for storytelling, researching, and music into my work has been a dream come true.

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