{"id":567315,"date":"2026-07-25T08:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567315\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:59:13","slug":"jake-carter-would-struggle-if-he-relied-on-his-music-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567315\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Carter would struggle if he relied on his music career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer Jake Carter has told how he would &#8216;struggle&#8217; to make ends meet if he solely relied on making money from music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The younger brother of Wagon Wheel hitmaker Nathan Carter has been a singer for around a decade, writing songs since he was 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake officially kicked off his music career and began gigging with his band in April 2017, which was around the time he relocated from Liverpool to Ireland to pursue pop music.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/karenjake.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Byrne and Jake Carter. Pic: Karen Byrne \/ Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2092317\"  \/>Karen Byrne and Jake Carter on DWTS week one. Pic: Karen Byrne \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/22\/entertainment\/jake-carter-karen-byrne-wedding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake<\/a> said if he didn&#8217;t have his music school, Jake Carter School of Music, in Bluebell, Dublin, and the Jake and Karen Stage School that he co-founded with his fianc\u00e9e and Dancing With The Stars judge Karen Byrne, he wouldn&#8217;t be able to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8216;I\u2019ve been lucky in a sense that I have been able to adapt to different things without the industry. I started, even before I moved over to Ireland, I was gigging in pubs and clubs. Wherever there was money to be made, I was there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Over the last number of years, I\u2019ve been very lucky with different theatre opportunities, and then I went into different stage productions. Now myself and Karen have the stage school, and I have the music school in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snapins-ai_3710070419945428428-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Carter. Pic: Karen Byrne\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2028207\"  \/>Jake Carter. Pic: Karen Byrne\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I think if I didn\u2019t have them other things to complement the music, it definitely would be difficult to make a living, especially living in Dublin.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the 27-year-old Liverpudlian star &#8211; whose new single All That I Need Is You is out this week &#8211; admitted he has no &#8216;big source of money&#8217; coming from any huge hit yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I haven\u2019t had that huge hit yet, so there is no big source of money coming in from the actual music as of yet, but hopefully it\u2019ll come one day. But I have been very fortunate,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NO-FEE-VERY-PINK-RUN-50.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Byrne, DWTS Judge and fiancee Jake Carter, Singer pictured at the launch of Breast Cancer Ireland\u2019s Very Pink Run which will take place this year at Leopardstown Race Course. Pic: Marc O'Sullivan\" class=\"wp-image-2173012\"  \/>Karen Byrne, DWTS Judge and fiancee Jake Carter, Singer pictured at the launch of Breast Cancer Ireland\u2019s Very Pink Run which will take place this year at Leopardstown Race Course. Pic: Marc O&#8217;Sullivan<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake was speaking at the launch of Breast Cancer Ireland&#8217;s\u00a02026 Very Pink Run, which will\u00a0see three large-scale live events take place across\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/07\/20\/news\/irish-news\/passports-dublin-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dublin<\/a>, Kilkenny and Cork between August 29 and September 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the 5k &amp; 10k run and walk routes, guests can enjoy live music, children\u2019s entertainment, family games and a range of festival-style food trucks, promising a fun-filled, uplifting atmosphere from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registrations for the event are now open on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.verypinkrun.ie%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSandra.Mallon%40dmgmedia.ie%7Ccf2dc4dc2a7b41d105e708dee71931b0%7C0f3a4c644dc54a768d4152d85ca158a5%7C0%7C0%7C639202294887735387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GoAmZ91jmREE90JQhm3Z8o0mAJpSDxBa66N2484FFco%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.verypinkrun.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Jake Carter has told how he would &#8216;struggle&#8217; to make ends meet if he solely relied on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-567315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}