While Carrie Underwood is often in the spotlight for her career, she prefers to keep her personal life more private.

Carrie Underwood embraced her full circle transformation from American Idol hopeful to her return to the show as a judge. Underwood shared two side-by-side photos on Instagram on Sunday (February 9),

Carrie Underwood, who was crowned the winner of 'American Idol' Season 4 in 2005, returns as a judge in Season 23

It’s mind-blowing that it’s been 20 years since Carrie Underwood first auditioned and won American Idol. Now, the famed country singer will come back to the reality competition series audition room as a new replacement judge for Katy Perry.