Here’s the cover story.

She’s not a terribly fascinating as an interview and the revelations are thin. She seems mildly defensive on certain issues but otherwise, it’s not exactly a soul-baring situation. The basics: She wanted to make sure the new album “Carnival Ride” is pure country. Her voice has matured and she can hit some new high notes.

“I’ve learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you.”

She loves performing, really doesn’t enjoy the “going to Victoria’s Secret” and fans seeing what underwear she buys. Her sisters married as teens but she’s in no rush at age 24.

And her defense of “Idol” being a shortcut and the resentments of some other country artists:

Every single person in the music industry knows if they had a chance like [Idol], they’d take it. And I’m sorry, anybody who says I took a shortcut, they are insane. We didn’t take the easy way; if anything we took a more difficult way. It was just unconventional, therefore it must be wrong.

She also knew the Faith Hill reaction was a joke. And Wyonna Judd’s comment about country music “getting a little vanilla” was “taken out of context” and not necessarily directed at Carrie.

And she said QB Tony Romo was too focused on football so their relationship never quite became one.

That’s about it.