Lauren Alaina shares Miranda Lambert's career advice from bathroom encounter

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 1

On Taste of Country Nights, Alaina, 31, said Lambert told her at the BMI Awards not to let Nashville change her and to stay a sweet Southern girl.
Alaina said it was their first meeting and she did not know Lambert knew who she was, calling the exchange the sweetest moment.
Alaina rose to fame as American Idol runner-up in 2011, while Lambert recently discussed her love of rescue dogs and taking up mounted shooting.

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