carrie underwood

For the ninth straight year, the country singer has opened NBC's coverage with a video that finds her trading scenes with the NFL's biggest stars.

The singer and mother of two boys compared it to watching husband Mike Fisher play hockey.

The movie 'Dear Evan Hansen' (due out on Sept. 24) is a film adaptation of the Tony Awards-winning Broadway musical.

Clips of some of the NFL's biggest stars (Patrick Mahomes, Derrick Henry, Russell Wilson and more) are spread throughout the preview video

It'll be Underwood's ninth as the singer of the 'Sunday Night Football' theme.

Video from the show shows Underwood and Yoakam performing his 1983 hit "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere."

Both sides of this former relationship are having trouble moving on — because they still love the other person.

He got her GOOD!

"She might be crying before she would get up there to sing, but she did it."

It's been awhile since something like this happened.

Her new album will include songs like "How Great Thou Art," "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Softly and Tenderly."

"With everything I do, I just want to be positive," Underwood explains.