Carrie Underwood reveals why Tennessee home life can be ‘frustrating’ after fleeing Hollywood spotlight

From glitz and glamour to grit.

Carrie Underwood has revealed that her home life on a Tennessee farm can be both “frustrating” and “exciting” after taking a step back from the Hollywood spotlight to focus on her family.

“My goal is to just do as much as I can myself,” she told Us Weekly during a break from “American Idol” on Monday. “I love it. It’s a challenge, and it’s frustrating, and it’s exciting, and it’s rewarding, and just all the things.”

The “Before He Cheats” singer, 43, went on to describe her life on the farm as the “polar opposite” of her life as an “American Idol” judge and country music superstar.

“I go home, and I had to have talks with my family at one point, because I was like, ‘OK, when I’m away, I’m like, Cinderella at the ball.’ I’m a princess, and it’s great,” Underwood explained.

“And then I come home, and I’m like, covered in dirt. I’m covered in poop. It’s just the polar opposite,” she continued. “I’m like, cleaning up after everybody and barefoot in the kitchen. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Underwood moved to her 400-acre farm just outside Nashville with her retired NHL star husband, Mike Fisher, and their two sons, Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, 7, in 2019.

Although the “Blown Away” singer still travels to Los Angeles to film “American Idol,” she has taken a break from touring.

The eight-time Grammy winner opened up about her decision to raise her family on a Tennessee farm rather than in Hollywood or on the road further during an episode of SiriusXM’s “Front Row” last month.

“I went from living on a farm to being on stage in front of a ton of people and traveling and we’re in a different city every day,” she explained. “I learned very quickly that this is not real life.”

While she acknowledged that “singing is definitely one of [her] happy places,” Underwood also recognized that “the world that takes you to is just not real.”

“This entertainment world that we live in is not reality,” she added. “Reality is vacuuming and cleaning toilets and doing laundry and gardening and cooking, and that’s a world I love.”

But it isn’t just Underwood and her family on the farm, because they also raise livestock on the 400-acre property.

“You know, I love our chickens,” the “Cowboy Casanova” singer told Fox News Digital last week. “We have cows, we have sheep, we have donkeys. We have horses.”

She added, “I have my garden, and it’s a great way to connect with the earth. That’s my contribution to the family.”

Page Six has reached out to Underwood’s reps for further comment.

The “Jesus, Take the Wheel” singer first shot to fame after winning Season 4 of “American Idol” in 2005.

She later met Fisher, 45, backstage at one of her concerts in 2008, and the pair tied the knot two years later.

Before moving to the $15 million, 400-acre farm in Franklin in 2019, the couple and their sons lived in a 7,083-square-foot, four-bedroom mansion in Brentwood.