Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher are yet another adorable celebrity-athlete couple that fans just can’t get enough of. Despite extremely different paths to success and fame and different careers as celebrities, they are absolutely perfect for each other and after almost a decade together it seems they are more in love than ever. While she is one of country music’s biggest stars and he is a star NHL player, they are very skilled at keeping their lives out of the spotlight. Since they are just so adorable and fans love them, take a look at 10 things you never knew about their relationship!
10. Meeting
While celebrities and athletes often do end up at the same events sometimes, it doesn’t happen that often, especially for a hockey player from Canada who was, at the time, playing for a Canadian team, and a country superstar from Oklahoma living in Nashville. Lucky for the pair they just happened to have a mutual friend in Underwood’s bassist Mark Childers. Obviously, Fisher was interested so Childers suggested it to Underwood who at first thought, “I mean, can I make dating more difficult? Let’s get a hockey guy who lives in another country. Awesome.” Eventually she did agree to meet Fisher and Childers was able to set up a meet-and-greet for the pair following one of her concerts in 2008!
(David Gonczol/Ottawa Citizen)