On July 10, 2010, American Idol winner Carrie Underwood married hockey star Mike Fisher in Georgia. It was a big day, and Carrie made sure it looked exactly the way she wanted.
The wedding took place at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. The couple had the resort to themselves for the whole weekend.
And the color of the day was pink.
Carrie later described the room to People magazine for their wedding cover story. “There was pink lighting and pink things hanging from the ceiling, flower balls and ribbon and sparkles,” she said.
The guest list had some famous faces. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, two of country music’s best known stars, were there. So was Simon Cowell, the tough American Idol judge who watched Carrie’s career begin.
But the guest everybody remembers from that day wasn’t a celebrity at all.
When the ring bearer and the flower girl made their way in, walking right along with them was one more member of the wedding party, dressed in a pink tuxedo covered in Swarovski crystals.
It was Ace, Carrie’s dog.
Yes, really. Carrie dressed her dog in a sparkling pink tux and gave him a job in the ceremony. Hello! magazine later said Ace “rocked a Swarovski crystal-encrusted pink tux.”
Mike, the hockey player Carrie was marrying that day, had a question about the outfit. Carrie told People exactly how he reacted.
“Mike was like: He’s in pink! What are you doing?”
She didn’t back down one bit. “But he looked so handsome,” she said.
Mike had a surprise of his own for his bride. His wedding gift to Carrie was a diamond tiara made by Johnathon Arndt, the same designer who made her engagement ring.
Carrie had one more surprise up her sleeve, and this one was for Mike. For their first dance, they picked “Love Never Fails,” a 2009 song by Christian singer Brandon Heath from his album “What If We.” Carrie arranged for Brandon Heath to come to the wedding and sing it live for them as a gift to her new husband.
This is Brandon Heath singing the song live on another night, not footage from the wedding, but it’s the closest you can get to hearing what Carrie and Mike danced to.
Brandon Heath sings “Love Never Fails” live
After the first dance, the party really got going. Carrie swapped her gown for something easier to move in. “The wedding dress was huge. I wanted to get my boogie on, so I had to change,” she told People.
From the sound of it, nobody sat still. “Everybody was dancing and acting the fool,” Carrie said.
For a superstar’s wedding, it sounds more like a big family party than a fancy affair. That seems to be how Carrie wanted it.
Cosmopolitan put together a short recap of how Carrie and Mike’s romance came together, and it’s a nice way to see where that wedding day led.
How Carrie and Mike’s love story unfolded
Carrie and Mike went on to build a family of their own, with two sons, Isaiah and Jacob. But on that pink weekend in Georgia, the one wearing the most sparkle in the wedding party had four legs.