The country crooner is certainly a southern girl at heart being raised in the "middle of nowhere" in Arkansas.
She opened up about her upbringing and how it shaped her music career to People in August of 2018.
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"I grew up on a cattle farm. Growing up in the Ozarks was good because where we lived was maybe 40 minutes to town," she told the outlet. "Sometimes I wonder if the reason I play guitar is because that's what there was to do. My dad had a guitar, and there was a mandolin, and my brother had a trumpet and I learned how to play that too."
"It was cool to grow up in the middle of nowhere," she continued. "I loved growing up on a farm. Hard, hard work from the time you’re little bitty, it’s so good for your soul and bones."
You can see Ashley host, perform, and potentially snag an award or two, on the CMT Music Awards. It airs on Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on CMT.
