Kelly's New Life in LA

TEXAS-BORN KELLY CLARKSON IS FINALLY PUTTING DOWN ROOTS ON THE WEST COAST—BUT THE TRANSITION HASN’T BEEN EASY

SHE may sing “Stronger,” but for Kelly Clarkson, moving her life and entire family from Nashville to Los Angeles made her downright worried. “[It]scaresmy husband and I because we’re Texan, and we really love the outdoors,” she said of their transition last spring. “There are some greatthings[to do in L.A.], but we're more like mountain people.”

GETTING SETTLED

Even Kelly admits the decision to decamp with their whole clan — her husband, Brandon Blackstock, their young kids, River, 5, and Remy, 3, along with Brandon’s children from a previous marriage, Savannah, 17, and Seth, 11 — “shocked” their inner circle.