Caroline Hobby sits down with Christian musician Anne Wilson on this episode of Get Real. Anne opens up about losing her brother Jacob in a car accident when she was a teenager and her performing for the first time at his funeral. She shares that she heard God’s voice in that moment and knew that she was being called to pursue music. Caroline and Anne talk about her path into the Christian music industry, keeping faith through hardship and more.   Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby  Follow Anne Wilson on IG: @AnneWilsonMusic Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Bonus episode of Get Real with Caroline Hobby, Caroline Jones and Caroline draw from the deck of Burning Questions cards!  The questions include: What is something you hate that everyone else loves? What's your worst habit? What's the closest you've ever come to being arrested?  They also talk about healthy eating, learning to say no and Caroline J. shares a hilarious story about a recent citation she got.  Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby Follow Caroline Jones: @CarolineJones Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singer-songwriter Caroline Jones sits down with Caroline Hobby to talk about her extremely unique life story. Caroline recently became the first female member of The Zac Brown Band. She shares about the call she got from Zac Brown asking her to come on the road and how that eventually led to an official position in the band. Caroline shares about her other mentors in the industry including the huge role Jimmy Buffett played in her career. Jimmy Buffett, notorious for having no openers, brought Caroline out as an opening act and special guest in 2018 and 2019. She shares that while on the road, Jimmy & Mac McAnally even wrote a song about her titled “Gulf Coast Girl.” We delve into Caroline’s backstory of growing up in Connecticut in a non-musical household and then moving in with her grandmother in New York City to go to an arts high school. After finishing school, Caroline made her way to Nashville to further her songwriting craft and she immediately felt right at home. For many years, Caroline focused solely on music, not allowing herself to really have a personal life. She shares about the synchronicities that led up to her meeting her sailor husband. Caroline details how they moved to New Zealand right after meeting one another and the magic of falling in love in such a beautiful place while the world was shut down during the pandemic. Caroline also recently became a mother. She talks about her home-birth, how she’s evolved into motherhood and more. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby  Follow Caroline Jones: @CarolineJones Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terri Clark joins Caroline on this week’s “Call Caroline” bonus episode! Terri answers voicemails about getting her first big break, signing a record deal and moving to Nashville to chase a dream. She also shares her most memorable collaboration. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby Follow Terri Clark: @TerryClarkMusic Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terri Clark drops by Get Real with Caroline Hobby to reflect on her 20+ year career in country music. She discusses getting disqualified from one of her very first talent shows in Canada that would’ve resulted in a record deal and changed the entire trajectory of her career. After that loss, she and her mom packed up the car and drove down to Nashville from Canada. Terri shares about her early days living in Nashville alone as a teenager without a green card or a car and some very sketchy situations she found herself in. She somehow found herself a job singing at Tootsie’s for $15 dollars a day. After going on to reach massive success, Terri shares about the pressures in the industry to remain relevant and trying not to play the comparison game. Caroline and Terri connect on Terri’s close relationship with her mom and tragically losing her to cancer. They also discuss Terri having Toby Keith as a mentor early in her career, how she has processed his passing and so much more. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby  Follow Terri Clark on IG: @TerriClarkMusic Follow Terri Clark on TikTok @TerriClark Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Bonus episode of Get Real with Caroline Hobby, Cheval and Caroline draw from the deck of Burning Questions cards!  They share their answers to questions about sharing passwords with partners, cheating and what their biggest fantasies are. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby Follow Cheval: @SheIsCheval Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHEVAL drops by Get Real with Caroline Hobby to share her incredibly unique story. Formerly known as Hayley Paige Gutman, CHEVAL was a massively successful wedding dress designer and “Say Yes to the Dress” personality up until 2020 when her relationship with her former employer broke down. CHEVAL found herself in a full-fledged legal battle where she lost the ability to use her birth name and was unable to continue making wedding dresses. CHEVAL shares her inspiring story of overcoming odds and completely rebranding after losing everything she’d worked so hard for. After the dust settled, she successfully launched her shoe brand “She Is Cheval” and started “A Girl You May Know Foundation” as a way to spread awareness to other creatives about the potential dangers of non-compete clauses, the risks associated with vague contract language and more. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby  Follow Cheval: @AllThatGlittersOnTheGram Shop Cheval Shoes: @SheIsCheval Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click here  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alysa Vanderheym joins Caroline on this week’s “Call Caroline” bonus episode! Alysa answers a voicemail from a listener who wants to know whether she is ever worried that her ideas are going to be taken and used on someone else's song in the future. She also shares if she and Kelsea considered how 'Rolling Up The Welcome Mat' would affect Kelsea's ex. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby Follow Alysa Vanderheym: @AlysaVanderheym Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Caroline Hobby sits down with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Alysa Vanderheym. Alysa was a co-writer and producer on Kelsea Ballerini’s “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” EP which was nominated for Best Country Album at this year’s Grammy Awards. Alysa weighs in on being a female producer in a male-dominated industry. She shares about the process of creating “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” and how she was ironically in a creative rut at the time of producing it. Alysa is an incredibly accomplished songwriter. She earned her first No. 1 with Jameson Rodgers and Luke Combs‘ “Cold Beer Calling My Name,” and has had cuts with Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, Kygo and One Republic, Florida Georgia Line and more. We get to hear how she made her way from California’s Bay area to Nashville to make her mark in the music industry. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby  Follow Alysa Vanderheym: @AlysaVanderheym Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caroline Munsick joins Caroline on this week’s “Call Caroline” bonus episode! Caroline answers a question from Morgan on how it feels to have love songs written about her by her husband, Ian Munsick. When she listens to the songs...which hat does she wear?? Manager or Wife? Caroline & Caroline then give advice on how to keep everything balanced as working moms. Follow Get Real on IG: @GetRealCarolineHobby Follow Caroline Hobby on IG: @CaroHobby Follow Kailey Dickerson @CarolineMunsick Have a question for Caroline?? You can leave a voice message and she may answer on a future episode! Click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.