Carter, 35, said his former bandmate Joey Fatone encouraged him, reported Billboard.
"I was really debating if I wanted to do it, " says the ex-Backstreet Boy. "He said, 'You'll get what you put into it.' And I'm a hard worker, so I think it'll be fun."
His younger brother Aaron also competed on the show, though not all that successfully.
"My brother was on it; he's a great little dancer and entertainer so I saw it through his eyes throughout that experience. I think there's a little something inside of me that says, 'Okay, I'm going to go there and represent the Carter name and do even better than what he did!'"
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