Carrie Underwood didn't exactly go crazy with her money after winning American Idol in 2005. She went out and bought herself a house, and though it was absolutely beautiful, pictures show that it was actually relatively humble for a budding superstar.

Underwood's winnings when she was crowned the Idol champ at the end of Season 4 reportedly included a recording contract worth at least a million dollars, use of a private jet for a year and a Mustang convertible. She bought a 3,099-square-foot home in the affluent Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn., that year for $384,000. According to RolandNote.com, Underwood purchased her first Nashville home on Nov. 20, 2005.

As the pictures show, the 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home was absolutely beautiful, but it's certainly not the kind of elaborate mansion you'd picture for a huge star. The stone and stucco home in a gated community features a library, a vaulted ceiling and lovely amenities throughout, but it's not much different than any upper-mid-level corporate executive might live in.

Underwood was a huge success right out of the gate with the release of her debut album, Some Hearts, in 2005, and according to Zillow, she bought a mansion in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood in 2007 and listed her home in Franklin for $419,900 before finally selling it for the reduced rate of $372,500.

The country music superstar married hockey player Mike Fisher in 2010, and they purchased 400 acres of land in Franklin, an area that is home to many top country stars. They built a custom estate there and sold the Brentwood mansion when they moved into their family's dream home in 2018.

Scroll through the pictures below to see inside the house Underwood bought in 2005, and keep on scrolling to see the spectacular mansion she lived in after that, as well as another luxury home she and Fisher owned in Canada.

PICTURES: See Inside Carrie Underwood's Beautiful Post-'American Idol' Home

Carrie Underwood invested her money wisely after winning American Idol in 2005. One of her first big purchases was a 3,099-square-foot home in the well-to-do Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn. Underwood paid $384,000 for a luxurious 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom stone and stucco home in a private gated community.

The house features a library, a vaulted ceiling and lovely amenities throughout, but while it's very nice, it's certainly not the kind of home you'd picture for a budding country superstar. Underwood wound up being a huge success right out of the gate with her debut album, Some Hearts, and she sold the home in Franklin for $372,500 in 2007, when she purchased the Brentwood mansion that she would later share with her husband, Mike Fisher.

PICTURES: See Inside Carrie Underwood's Breathtaking Nashville Mansion

Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, owned a 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom, 2-half-bathroom home in an affluent Nashville suburb called Brentwood. The 7,000-square-foot mansion features a wet bar, fitness center and tennis court, as well as a four-car garage, walk-out basement with heated marble floors and extra appliances, including a sub-zero fridge and wine fridge. That house is where Underwood suffered a devastating fall in 2017.

The couple sold the luxurious home for $1,410,000 in March of 2019, after they moved into the massive dream home that they had spent several years building from scratch.

PICTURES: Look Inside Carrie Underwood + Mike Fisher's Spectacular Ottawa Mansion

Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher built a spectacular rural estate in Ottawa when they first married, and pictures show a property that is luxurious, but also rustic.

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