Carrie Underwood, Shontelle, TobyMac And Relient K In Nashville This Week

December 1, 2008 7:29 a.m. EST

Nashville, TN (CNS) - Carrie Underwood, the first country "American Idol," will bring her Carnival Ride Tour to Nashville this week. Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, Oklahoma, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three.

Underwood will be joined at the Sommet Center by the country vocal quartet Little Big Town. The group is made up of Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild, both from Georgia, who began singing together in college. Arkansan Jimi Westbrook, a friend of Fairchild's husband, joined them to make a trio and the group was completed in 1998 by Phil Sweet.

TobyMac's Winter Wonder Slam will also arrive at the Sommet Center this week. He will be joined by Relient K and Family Force 5.

A list of concerts and events in the Nashville area this week, according to Celebrity News Service, is as follows:

Reverand Horton Heat, Backyard Tire Fire at The Mercy Lounge on 12/03

Jim Lauderdale at Station Inn on 12/03

Vedera at 12th & Porter on 12/03

Ray Davies at Wildhorse Saloon on 12/03

Murphy's Law at Foobar on 12/04

Tori Sparks at Christopher's Pizza on 12/04

Sonia Leigh at Bluebird Cafe on 12/04

Jack Pearson at Douglas Corner Cafe on 12/04

Sara Bareilles, Lady GaGa, Shontelle at War Memorial Auditorium on 12/05

Aaron Neville at Wildhorse Saloon on 12/05

Theory of a Deadman at The Mercy Lounge on 12/05

Relient K, TobyMac, Family Force 5 at Sommet Center on 12/05

Rehab at Limelight on 12/05

American Bang at The Basement on 12/06

Metro Station at Sam's Town on 12/06

Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town at Sommet Center on 12/07

Erin McCarley, Tyler James, K.S. Rhoads at Exit/In on 12/07

Trevor Hall at The Cannery on 12/07