# Carly Pearce says she doesn’t want children and calls her first marriage a ‘start-up marriage’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/carly-pearce-says-she-doesnt-want-children-and-calls-her-first-marriage-a-start-up-marriage/
- Published: 2026-07-23T23:55:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T00:04:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/carly-pearce-says-doesnt-want-children-calls-first-marriage-start-up-marriage
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Music, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Carly Pearce says she does not want children.
- She remains open to remarrying.
- She called her first marriage a “start-up marriage”.

## Summary

Country singer Carly Pearce has said she does not want children, while adding that she remains open to marrying again. She described her first marriage as a “start-up marriage”, reflecting on it as an early-life experience rather than a lasting partnership.

Pearce made the comments after responding to a fan’s question on TikTok about whether she was still considering having children. Her first marriage was to fellow country singer Michael Ray; the couple married in 2019 and divorced in 2020.

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