01of 12"It’s really cool to go back home to Monticello and just drive through and see everybody and remember driving those streets. You know, I got my learner’s permit in that town and I can show you the stretch of road where I did my driving test."

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“It’s really cool to go back home to Monticello and just drive through and see everybody and remember driving those streets. You know, I got my learner’s permit in that town and I can show you the stretch of road where I did my driving test.”

02of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood"People have ‘Welcome Home, Trisha’ in all the storefronts, which is the way it has always been whenI’ve gone back for eventsin my hometown."

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“People have ‘Welcome Home, Trisha’ in all the storefronts, which is the way it has always been whenI’ve gone back for eventsin my hometown.”

03of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood"This is a place that really does claim me as theirs and they’re family. They’re family for me.”

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“This is a place that really does claim me as theirs and they’re family. They’re family for me.”

04of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood“It’s funny that we park this huge ‘Trisha YearwoodEvery Girl’bus on the town square because growing up, the square was a place where we were not allowed to hang out and my folks told me if I ever got caught on the square, I’d be in trouble!”

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“It’s funny that we park this huge ‘Trisha YearwoodEvery Girl’bus on the town square because growing up, the square was a place where we were not allowed to hang out and my folks told me if I ever got caught on the square, I’d be in trouble!"

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06of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood“One of my favorite things about this Every Girl Road Trip was having my sister, Beth, with me."

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“One of my favorite things about this Every Girl Road Trip was having my sister, Beth, with me."

07of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood"She’s my person. And she’s the person that I have shared all my ups and downs with so to have her experience it with me was such an honor. I’m just so grateful that she went with me on this trip.”

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“She’s my person. And she’s the person that I have shared all my ups and downs with so to have her experience it with me was such an honor. I’m just so grateful that she went with me on this trip.”

08of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood“Also, it was her birthday on the last day of this trip and that’s another reason that I’m so grateful that she came with us. We had a cake waiting for her at the Country Music Hall of Fame to say ‘Happy Birthday’ and that was really cool.”

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“Also, it was her birthday on the last day of this trip and that’s another reason that I’m so grateful that she came with us. We had a cake waiting for her at the Country Music Hall of Fame to say ‘Happy Birthday’ and that was really cool.”

09of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood“And the whole team, the whole team that just did whatever it took. This was a crew that, we brought one guy who did video but he didn’t have a lighting person or a sound person. So, everybody on Team TY just jumped in to help and we had fun.”

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“And the whole team, the whole team that just did whatever it took. This was a crew that, we brought one guy who did video but he didn’t have a lighting person or a sound person. So, everybody on Team TY just jumped in to help and we had fun.”

10of 12Courtesy Trisha Yearwood“It’s just been an amazing weekend and I just feel really grateful that I got a chance to say ‘Hi’ and ‘Thank you’ to so many people and to hear their stories about whatEvery Girlmeans to them.”

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“It’s just been an amazing weekend and I just feel really grateful that I got a chance to say ‘Hi’ and ‘Thank you’ to so many people and to hear their stories about whatEvery Girlmeans to them."

11of 12Seeing Southern Photography"I know what it means to me [to meet my fans at home] and this has just been a great trip!”

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“I know what it means to me [to meet my fans at home] and this has just been a great trip!”

12of 12Courtesy Trisha YearwoodYearwood’slatest albumEvery Girlis available now..

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Yearwood’slatest albumEvery Girlis available now..

source: people.com