Be Careful What You Wish for. . . —Cagle

In the October 22 issue of Parade magazine, the Checotah, OK-born Underwood reveals that her father, Stephen, spent 30 years as a paper mill operator for Georgia-Pacific. The elder Underwood retired from G-P in order to raise cattle.

Now that his daughter is an award-winning country music star, the only thing Stephen Underwood has to raise is his feet in the recliner.