Country singer Carly Pearce's 'debilitating chest pain' led to chronic heart condition diagnosis

The 34-year-old singer detailed her "intense" symptoms during an appearance on "Today."

"I had a really debilitating chest pain that was only relieved if I bent over like this (leaning forward), and that's a classic symptom of pericarditis," she explained on the morning show. 

"And then when you lay back, it gets way worse because that wall is kind of inflamed around your heart."

She also gave a health update after living with the heart condition for nearly five years. 

"I'm doing better. I'm healthy, I'm trying to find my new normal," Pearce said. "I have what's called recurrent pericarditis. I've had several flares since 2020."

Pearce, who's on her "Hummingbird" tour, has a history of heart issues in her family. Her father survived a widowmaker heart attack when she was 19. 

"I've really leaned on him just for help through the anxiety that comes with, 'Oh my gosh, I'm having a chest pain, am I OK, am I OK?'" Pearce said. "It's been really helpful to have somebody in your family that can really help you through those things."

The "I Hope You're Happy Now" singer's comments come after she made an appearance at the American Heart Association's Red Dress Collection 2025 event at Lincoln Center in New York Thursday night. 

Pearce's mission is to spread awareness about her heart condition. She spoke with Fox News Digital about it in September at the Academy of Country Music Honors, where she co-hosted with Jordan Davis.

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"Hey ya'll I have always been transparent and honest about every part of my life, so I feel like this deserves the same honesty," Pearce said on Instagram.

"You guys know that I've been dealing with some health issues and through that I have developed something called pericarditis, which is a heart issue.

"I've been working with doctors and talking to my cardiologist, and I still want to be out on the road; it's really important to me, but we have all decided that it is in my best interest as I am healing to alter my shows a little bit," she said.

"If my shows look a little bit different, just know it's because I have to keep my heart rate under control right now and that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be completely fine, it just means right now I've got to really take this seriously," Pearce remarked.