Carrie Underwood Closed Out Her Vegas Residency Not With a Bang but With a Prayer, As How Great Thou Art Turned a Glittering Stage Into Something Holy and Left the Entire Room in Awed, Teary Silence

Carrie Underwood didn’t just close a show in Las Vegas—she opened heaven’s doors for four minutes with one of the most powerful hymns ever written.

As she reached the final stretch of her Reflection residency at Resorts World, fans expected a high-energy goodbye. What they got instead was something slower, stiller, and far more lasting. During the final performance of her run, Underwood stepped into the spotlight and sang “How Great Thou Art”—and in that moment, the glitz of Vegas faded. What was left was just a voice, a room, and a presence that felt nothing short of divine.

@nowimchanged I made it to the very first show of this residency, so it was only fitting that I made it to the very last! So thankful for all the trips I made out to Vegas for this show! Always unreal. #carrieunderwood #reflection #lasvegas #resortsworld #vocals #belting #country #countrymusic #gospel ♬ original sound – Seth

This wasn’t the first time she’d performed the hymn. In 2011, she sang it on the ACM Girls’ Night Out special with Vince Gill accompanying her on guitar. That version has since been etched into country music memory as one of the greatest live vocals of her career—and arguably one of the most soul-shaking moments ever aired on a country stage.

But in Vegas, it hit different.

Gone was the live TV pressure or the need to prove anything. This time, it was Carrie alone with her audience—some who had seen her once, others for the fourth or fifth time. It wasn’t about performance. It was testimony.

Clips captured by fans on TikTok and YouTube show her standing center stage, bathed in soft light, her voice cutting through the quiet with eerie clarity. She didn’t rush. She didn’t flex. She just sang like someone who meant every word. When she reached the final line—“Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee”—there were no gimmicks. Just goosebumps.

Originally penned in 1885 by Carl Boberg, “How Great Thou Art” has passed through generations, languages, and voices. Elvis made it iconic. Alan Jackson made it tender. But Carrie Underwood has made it hers. Not because she out-sings everyone else, but because she sings it with a reverence that doesn’t need to be explained.

That same performance was included on her My Savior album, a gospel project she released in 2021 that many fans consider her most personal to date. It’s not flashy, and that’s exactly why it works. The album—and this performance—remind listeners that Carrie didn’t just grow up singing in church. She still carries that church with her every time she steps on stage.

Fans at the Vegas show weren’t clapping for showmanship. They were clapping because they felt something. One wrote, “This is how you go to church.” Another said, “Every show, every time—goosebumps.”

There’s a reason this song follows her from television specials to viral clips to her final curtain call in Sin City. It transcends the setlist. It quiets the noise.

Carrie Underwood didn’t end her Vegas run with a firework. She ended it with a prayer. And in doing so, she reminded everyone in the room—and everyone watching from their phones—that some songs aren’t just sung.

They’re offered. They’re lived.

And if you were lucky enough to be there, you didn’t just hear “How Great Thou Art.”

You felt it.