About a year ago, Carrie Underwood gave an interview in which she discussed her immediate baby plans with her husband, Mike Fisher. Carrie said at the time: “We just want to be together and keep it as simple as possible. And I think a baby would just make things so complicated right now.” CB and I both admired the directness and no-BS-ness of that answer – there was no, “I LOVE babies, I want a million of them but I’m not pregnant now WINK. Please continue to talk about this endlessly!” With that in mind, here’s a report from OK! Magazine about how she’s probably pregnant:

When Carrie Underwood co-hosted the Country Music Association Awards in her hometown of Nashville on Nov. 9, an onlooker at the scene couldn’t help but notice a starry-eyed look in the country superstar’s eyes as she picked out goodies in the backstage gift lounge.

“Everything she chose was loose on her,” the eyewitness tells OK!. “She was also friendlier than her usual self and had a glow about her!” And with good reason: It seems that all the pregnancy talk buzzing around Carrie is true — even though she and her NHL hockey player husband, Mike Fisher, have said publicly that they’re waiting to start a family.

“They really want to start now,” an insider tells OK!. “Of course, Carrie’s playing her cards very close to her chest, but it’s no secret among her close friends that she’s been actively trying to get pregnant.”

“Actually there’s even some speculation in her inner circle that she may already be expecting. She’s had that happy glow about her for weeks. The biggest sign for everyone is the fact that she’s completely stopped drinking. Carrie usually loves having a glass of champagne once in a while, but lately she’s been skipping it. She didn’t even have one sip after hosting the CMA Awards, which was really out of character.”

One other key indicator: the calendar. Carrie’s 28 years old, and though that certainly doesn’t suggest that her biological clock is ready to wind down, the onetime American Idol champion does have her own personal maternity schedule.

“Carrie has always wanted to be a young mother, and she’s nearing that 30th birthday,” the insider tells OK!. “And at this point, most of their close friends are expecting an announcement very soon. She and Mike are very, very excited.”

[From OK! Magazine]

I was going to go on and on about how Carrie is super-blunt about the state of her womb, and since she hasn’t said anything about this report, it was probably true. But then I checked it out, and Carrie’s rep denied the story to Gossip Cop: “Carrie is not pregnant.” Direct. To the point. So there you have it, people. Get out of Carrie’s womb! She’s not pregnant. She probably likes her life as-is, likes to work, likes to spend her free time with her husband and friends. It happens, people. Or, you know, her rep is lying. They do that sometimes.

Here are some pics of Carrie at the CMA Awards. I don’t see any pregnancy.

Photos courtesy PR Photos and WENN.