Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Sing Farewell to Elara — the 9-Year-Old Texas Flood Victim Who Dreamed of Hearing Them Live

She was only nine years old, but Elara Grace carried a heart full of music. A natural talent, a quiet soul, and a child who could play melodies by ear before she could even spell them. But more than anything, she loved two voices: Carrie Underwood’s soaring vocals and Keith Urban’s tender guitar strings.

Every night, Elara would hum herself to sleep with her favorite lullaby — “Blue Ain’t Your Color.”

Elara had begged her parents for a chance to see Keith and Carrie perform together — just once.
But the Texas flood disaster took that chance away.

She was one of the youngest victims lost in the devastating July 4th weekend floods that tore through Camp Mystic, a beloved Christian summer camp on the Guadalupe River. Her parents barely made it out. Elara didn’t.

In the quiet days that followed, her grieving family held a private service in their hometown chapel. No cameras. No news crews. Just love, loss, and memory.

But then something happened no one expected.