She graduated cum laude with a degree in business administration from Rhodes College in 1999, where she served as president of the Chi Omega sorority.

As part of the Bryce Harlow Institute of Business and Government Affairs, she also studied at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Alderson currently works on the CMT show Hot 20 Countdown and is the regular host of the Miss Tennessee pageant, which is held in her hometown, Jackson.

She served as "style judge" for CMT's Karaoke Dokey and hosted Extreme Makeover: Quickbooks Edition.

Additionally, country music singer-songwriter James Otto is Alderson's brother-in-law through his marriage to her sister Amy.