Singer Kelsea Ballerini's First Career Plan Was Much, Much Different Then Her Career Now

No one actually believes that you can just go into the music industry and make it, just like that — not even Kelsea Ballerini.

In fact, she had another career already planned out before she got her record deal — a veterinarian!

“I was from Knoxville and I always thought I was going to stay there and be a vet,” she told Parade magazine. “I didn’t think that you could just choose to be a singer and go pursue it and be [the next] Carrie Underwood.”

But it all changed when she did just that.

After it all happened, Kelsea had a clear plan for what kind of musician she wanted to be — an honest one.

“I decided that I wanted to be the same person on my albums as I was on social media as I was out to dinner with my mom as I was out having a glass of wine with my friends,” Kelsea says. “I wanted there to be a consistency between artist and person.”

“I think that I tried to write this album that way too, just being very open and honest.”

Kelsea‘s new album, Unapologetically, is out on November 3rd.

FYI: Kelsea is wearing a PrettyLittleThing sweater.