Never Wanted To Be That Girl

This confessional story-song finds Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde discovering they're both in a committed relationship with the same man.

The song starts off with McBride singing about a man helping her change a tire. This leads to them sharing a beer, then winding up in a six-month relationship. McBride is unaware the guy also has a wife at home until she sees a message from Pearce on his phone. Pearce then takes the reins to tell her side of the story as the two-timing dude's wife, explaining how she was waiting at home, wondering where he's been, followed by her heartache when she uncovers his cheating.

Pearce and McBryde wrote the song with Shane McNally in late May or early June 2021 for her 29: Written in Stone album. Both women felt from the beginning the song would be a great duet with Pearce portraying the wife, and McBryde the mistress. "I'm certainly not going to be the one to be out changing a tire and grab[ing] a beer," Pearce told Taste Of Country. "That felt more like Ashley, and my scenario felt more like me."