A TV bachelorette is opening for a Backstreet Boy in Nashville

Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean
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The twists and turns of a reality TV star's life has landed her on the stage of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Saturday night — and she couldn't be more psyched.

Carly Waddell, who first appeared on TV's "The Bachelor" in 2015, married a man she met on the 2016 season of "Bachelor in Paradise." After that, the couple had two kids and since got divorced, and Waddell ended up moving to Nashville and launching a music career.

She has a sweet gig for Saturday night (Oct. 7).

Carly Waddell arrives for the People's Choice Country Awards at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023.
Carly Waddell arrives for the People's Choice Country Awards at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023.

"Someone pinch me!!!! I am a featured singer on the @nickcarter Who I Am tour for the Nashville date OCTOBER 7th!!!" Waddell posted on Instagram.

"I’ll be singing two songs as one of his openers! If you told middle school Backstreet Boys obsessed Carly that this was in her future she would have lost her mind….oh wait….I’m STILL doing that!!!!!"

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