Country music power couple performs ‘Imagine’ at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was celebrated Thursday during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring plenty of pageantry.

Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sang their arrangement of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” which they also sang at Rosalynn Carter’s Atlanta funeral in 2023.

The lyrics, as highlighted by The Associated Press, certainly hit home:

”Imagine there’s no countries

“It isn’t hard to do

“Nothing to kill or die for

“And no religion, too

“Imagine all the people

“Livin’ life in peace.”

As Brooks and Yearwood perform, Biden was among those in the audience observed who appeared to quietly sing along to “Imagine.”

The couple has remained out of the public eye since an anonymous woman filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Brooks in October, accusing him of assault, battery and sexual battery.

The woman accusing Garth Brooks of sexual assault has called out the singer for publicly releasing her name, saying he did it “out of spite.”

“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim,” the accuser’s legal team of Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker said in a statement.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.