"Never Wanted to Be That Girl" is a song recorded by American country music singer-songwriters Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde.

Pearce reached commercial success with charting country singles like "Every Little Thing", "I Hope You're Happy Now" and "Next Girl".

[2] The album's material reflects on Pearce's personal difficulties and includes "Never Wanted to Be That Girl".

This should be looked at as two female artists coming together to write a truth that so many women live," she told Taste of Country.

[6] Jon Freeman of Rolling Stone described the track as "a top flight cheating song", comparing it to Linda Davis and Reba McEntire's duet hit "Does He Love You".

[5] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country called the tune "a tortured ballad" in his review.