This weekend marks the first official Sunday of Carrie Underwood‘s new role as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, singing “Waiting All Week for Sunday Night.” And for Carrie, it’s a thrill just to be associated with a sport that she’s always loved. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Carrie is picking up the Sunday Night Football theme-song baton from Faith Hill, and Carrie hopes that she’ll be able to put her own spin on making Sunday nights fun. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
• Carrie recently hit number-one with her smash, “See You Again,” which became the fourth consecutive chart-topping single from her blockbuster Blown Away album.

  Carrie Underwood says that being a part of Sunday Night Football is a huge thrill for her. (:18)
“I’m so excited that I’m a part of that. I have always, always…I grew up on football, you know? Yes, I’m married to a hockey player, but I had to learn hockey (laughs) at age 26. I have known football since birth, so it’s really cool to be able to be a part of that.”

  Carrie Underwood hopes that fans will enjoy her rendition of the Sunday Night Football theme. (:20)
“It’s become such a big thing, you know, and Faith Hill did such a…an incredible job for a long time doing it and was always gorgeous and always started the games off right, so hopefully I can just take that and be able to make it my own and bring my own spin to it. And hopefully I’ll be synonymous somewhat with a good, good Sunday night.”