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Luke Combs Reveals What He Originally Wanted To Do For A Living

We all now know him and love him for his string of number one hits.  If you want to drown your sorrows in a beer, think about your parents, or…

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We all now know him and love him for his string of number one hits.  If you want to drown your sorrows in a beer, think about your parents, or about love in general you know who to listen to.  He just keeps bringing the vocals and the country music we love.  But did Luke always wants to be a country music singer?  Nope.

Luke recently talked about his original plan to Entertainment Weekly .  He says when he went to college at Appalachian State University he majored in criminal justice with the ultimate goal of being a homicide detective.  "People are pretty surprised when I tell them, if you've noticed, I don't actually have the physical build to be a police officer".  Noone is sad that he had to go to plan B.

Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.