Nick Carter's Lifestory In His Own Words!

   "It all started out in a small town in upstate New York called
  Jamestown.I was born at the same hospital as Lucille Ball of I
  Love Lucy Fame. There was a lounge called Yankee Rebel, which
 my father and grandfather both owned - it was a small place. My
  sister B.J. was born up there, but my other brother and sisters
 were born in Florida. We had a house on Webber road; I used to
    love it up there, it was so fun! My grandparents all lived up
  there. We had a little dance floor at the Yankee Rebel, and my
dad used to be a DJ and play records. When I was real small, I'd
 get up there in my diapers, and dance around! I have pictures of
  me wearing headphones that were bigger than my face. I was a
chunk; everyone used to call me 'Charlie Brown' when I was little.
                    This is all before B.J. was born.

Being around older people, I learned to respect people and that
also helped me. We moved to another place, I met one of my best
friends, his name was Brent and he and I used to get into trouble
and all that. In all, I'd say my family and I have lived in about
five different houses down here. We kept the same business, we
just kept trying to live closer to the retirement home without
living there. Eventually we did, we moved very close to it. My
mom was a cook at the retirement home, an excellent cook.My
mom's a really good cook. My brother, Aaron, and my sister,
Angel (they're twins), were born at the retirement home. Leslie
was born at the retirement home. She wasn't born in the hospital.
I had to cope with my mother giving Leslie more attention than
me and B.J. We would talk to each other and say, "Gosh, she's
getting all the attention." My grandmother would spoil her.. We
get along now, because Leslie gets treated the same as us now. 

When the twins came, that really affected everybody. Leslie got
jealous too! I was excited to have another brother! The twins
really didn't change my life that much, but I guess you could say
it was a happy change, because now I have lots of siblings! My
dad, who's an only child, got all the attention, but had to make
friends. I make friends, but always have someone to play with
and hang out with. My first school was Miles Elementary. Miles
was my favourite school, I loved that school! I was there for four
years. That was when I did my first play, "The Phantom Of the
Opera". My teacher helped me get into it. What happened was
she picked someone for the role, but he couldn't sing, so he sort
of strayed off. She need to find somebody and luckily I was
there. I was real nervous about my first play, but I pulled
through. I felt good about it. Being on-stage is my life!

Next year, I went to Orange Grove. I had favorite teachers
there too. This was elementary. I missed a lot of school, because
I did a lot of acting then. I started when I was about nine years
old, right after Phantom of The Opera. We were kind of tossed
between the acting, dancing or singing, so I kind of dabbed in a
few of them. I did plays and commercials and sang in a few
places. I did commercials for the Lottery and the Money Store (I
was about 10), a lot of that kind of stuff. I really decided what I
wanted to be when I was singing. I auditioned for the Mickey
Mouse Club and Backstreet Boys. And the Mickey Mouse Club
said they wanted me! I had a feeling that was going to be my
good acting year - everybody has a good acting year! I had to
choose between the two of them...Backstreet Boys or the Mickey
Mouse club!

   "My siblings love coming with me (to auditions) and stuff. The
 little ones were so young then, they didn't really know what was
 happening. My first commercial was for The Money Store, I was
  about ten. Then I got called by the Mickey Mouse Club and the
  Backstreet Boys all at the same time. It just changed my whole
   life - I was twelve going on thirteen. Of course, I turned the
 Mickey Mouse Club down for the Backstreet Boys! It was kind of
 scary, there were meetings and talk about when Backstreet Boys
 were going to get a record deal...but we did quickly become local
    sensations! We did malls and worked around in local places.

I was the youngest, the next oldest was AJ, next oldest was
Brian, next was Howie and the oldest was Kevin. I was probably
closest to Howie, Brian and A.J. at the same time. When we began
travelling together and rooming together, I turned out to be the
o one who liked to sleep the most. A.J. ate the most -- and I
pulled the most practical jokes! I brought my Super Nintendo
with me too for whatever free time I had. In those days, when I
was at home, I went to Universal Studios a lot -- I like to ride
Jaws! I'm actually afraid of sharks for real! I had a dream one
time, the worst dream in the world: I was on the back of a big
cruise ship, and I leaned over the rail. We were in the Bahamas
and the water was crystal clear. This lady pulls up on a red
jet-ski and we're talking to each other. Suddenly, there's this 26
foot Great White Shark. I could see it's shadow underneath her
a and I yelled to her. I said, "Jump!" and "Watch out!". She
jumped and grabbed onto the pole, where I was leaning over and
I tried to grab her and pull her up. The shark jumped out of the
water and grabbed her and pulled her down under. That's like my
worst dream ever! That's the only thing I'm most afraid of.
Years ag, when I was showing off on my new bike and broke my
right arm, it didn't scare me as much as the thought of sharks --
and I did a 360 in the air and landed right on my arm! I'm
general not a scared kind of person. I try to be funny, but I'm
not really funny that often -- I just keep quiet a lot. I'm
interested in girls, but it's hard to find a girl who doesn't just
like mo for what I do, but for who I am. I don't really test the
girls, you an just tell.

When I was in school, I used to come home with letters -- this
was when I was really young. It was so funny, my mom kept all
these letters that I came home with in my book bag. These girls,
I can't remember how young we were, but they would write
stuff. hey could hardly even write their names, but they were
writing "I love you". It was so funny in a sweet way. I was looking
back on it, and they had like hearts all over the paper...My family
keeps me humble though, I still have to clean my room and put my
dishes in the ink and stuff. my room's got a lot of posters in it,
my drum set, my bed, a VCR and a TV. It looks like an old '60s
room. I enjoy the times when I can get home with my family, but
Bakcstreet Boys are my family now too -- and we want to stay
together."