In 2017, when he was performing the same song with Carrie Underwood at the CMT Music Awards, he changed the lyrics to, “Carrie Underwood, I’m gonna be your fighter!”
‘The Fighter’ was written in the early days of Urban’s relationship with Nicole Kidman. He said in a 2017 interview, “It’s all from a conversation my wife and I had early on in our relationship, that when things get tough, I need to hold her tighter and just try to take care of her.”
