For the 13th consecutive NFL season, the eight-time GRAMMY Award-winning talent from Muskogee, Oklahoma, will star in the musical show opening for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

With a new NFL season right around the corner, it seemed Carrie Underwood would return for the Sunday Night Football anthem.

The news comes as Underwood is fresh off of finishing her first Idol season as a judge, replacing Katy Perry on the panel next to Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. Her last album, Denim & Rhinestones, ...