Interviews, photos and video: Behind the scenes of 'Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas' special as she films with Toby Keith in OKC

In the 15 months since winning “America’s Got Talent,” Darci Lynne Farmer has played theaters across the country on her first national tour, made her debut on the storied Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and returned as a guest performer the show that made her famous.

“I guess just being more known is the biggest change, getting noticed in public and having a lot of followers on Instagram and things like that. Just a crazy new life. I mean, I still live in Oklahoma City, still have the same friends. I’m still my normal self, just Darci, I haven’t changed a bit,” the Deer Creek Middle School eighth-grader told The Oklahoman in a recent interview.

“Even though I’m in this big, crazy business, I’m still just myself. I still celebrate Christmas; I still live at home.”

The 14-year-old singer and ventriloquist has added some new festivities to this holiday season: Filming in California, New York and Oklahoma City on her star-studded television special “Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas,” debuting at 8 p.m. Tuesday on NBC.

“It’s my first-ever Christmas special, and it’s crazy that I get to do it. And I just want people to watch it and have a good time with their family, just enjoy it and enjoy the songs and the feeling of Christmas,” Darci told The Oklahoman after filming a segment in OKC at the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral.