Kelsea Ballerini Receives ‘Best Christmas Gift Ever’ by Singing With Trisha Yearwood

“the lesson here is if you tweet it and wish real hard, sometimes the country Gods listen..,." Ballerini wrote on Instagram.

Written by Kelly Brickey
Kelsea Ballerini Receives ‘Best Christmas Gift Ever’ by Singing With Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood, Kelsea Ballerini; Photo via Instagram

Kelsea Ballerini must have made it on Santa’s nice list this year, because she got to check off singing with her hero Trisha Yearwood off her bucket list on Saturday night.

With Garth Brooks finishing out the year strong with his multi-date run at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Ballerini showed up as an adoring fan to one of the earlier shows for a girls’ night out. Breaking the G.N.O. rule, the “Dibs” singer even brought her husband Morgan Evans along for the fun and documented the evening by repping Brooks through his tour merch and taking a meet-and-greet- photo with the legend backstage.

Hoping for the best, Ballerini proceeded to tweet at Yearwood about aspiring to become as great as her one day. Rather than scroll right past her wish, Yearwood took Ballerini up on an offer that she could never refuse: coming to sing live on stage during one of the shows with Yearwood herself.

Yearwood lived up to her promise on Friday evening (Dec. 15) as the two teamed up to belt out Yearwood’s classic hit, “She’s in Love With the Boy,” to the audience’s surprise for a collaboration to remember. Ballerini nailed the performance as well, setting herself up quite nicely to follow in Yearwood’s footsteps the more time she spends in the country music format.

Ballerini concluded that it wasn’t just fate that brought the iconic moment together, but simply the message that wishing for the best usually ends up on a positive note.

“the lesson here is if you tweet it and wish real hard, sometimes the country Gods listen… Garth & Trisha thank you for sharing your stage with me tonight…best Christmas gift ever. ❤️ // @trishayearwood,” Ballerini shared on Instagram.

Check out Ballerini’s duet with Yearwood, and be sure to check her out on her own headlining tour next year when she hits the road in early 2018. More information can be found on Ballerini’s website.