Gretchen Wilson made good Thursday on her promsie to earn the high school degree she abandoned in the ninth grade. 

While living the life of a Grammy-winning country star, the “Redneck Woman” from Pocahontas, Il., has been working on receiving her GED. And on Thursday her studies paid off as she attended a graduation ceremony in Wilson County near Nashville.

Wilson is currently working on her next CD and tour.

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