Three Signs that You Know You're in Love According to Newly Engaged Carrie Underwood

We were thrilled to hear of January cover girl Carrie Underwood's engagement to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher. No wonder she looked so gorgeous and glowy at our shoot--she's in love!

The country star remained mostly close-lipped about her love life, but she did spill about her desire to start a family: "Not that I have a husband to have one with yet, but someday I'd like a family--not a big one, but not a small one either," she said. "Two kids is good; three is fine. Four? Somebody's getting something done, because we ain't having five!"

She also confided her three favorite date activities:

1. "I like to stay in, so a good homemade dinner with just the two of you is really nice. Especially since I don't get much time to sit around with...a date."
2. "Every once in a while, getting all dressed up and going somewhere nice is fun, too. A real date, where he comes and picks you up and you guys go somewhere. Real proper, with everybody on their best behavior!"
3. "Another one is just doing something fun together. It's good to find a guy who likes to shop. So going shopping or watching football together, or something like that. It's just so much fun being stupid together."

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And the three signs that you know you're in love:

1. "I think everybody's mood just gets better. People just get happier. And you can just tell that there's something about them that's different."
2. "I think you dress better, you look better, you're smiling more, you're friendlier to people. Stuff that used to annoy you or stress you out is a little better."
3. "And it's hard to be without that person, because when you want to be with somebody, you just want to be with them all the time. Like, I haven't seen you in a week! I get cranky! So I'll pick fights and stuff like that because that way, I'll get attention. I don't consider myself a girl with the drama, but I can be your typical semi-crazy girlfriend occasionally."

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