(3 Nov 2016)
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Nashville, Tenn., 2 Nov. 2016
1. Close-up Thomas Rhett
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Rhett, recording artist - on his wife, Lauren Gregory, who served as the inspiration for "Die a Happy Man":
"I think the stars kind of aligned and I think at this point in my career everyone was getting to know not only me, but also my wife. You know, if you know me, then you know we're super open about our marriage on Instagram and stuff and so my wife is definitely more famous than I am and so, you know, this song - it just transcended a lot to the fans and a lot of people use it as their wedding song, and boyfriends try to woo girls to get them to date them with this song and, I don't know, I just think it also to try sort of lined up. So super pumped for that, yeah."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Osborne (left) and T.J. Osborne (right), on being named CMA duo of the year award
SOUNDBITE (English) John Osborne, recording artist:
"No. I know me, personally, I drank way too much because I didn't think we would ever come close. And I'm almost convinced it's an elaborate hoax. The curtain's going to come up and it's going to be, like, 'Just kidding. You didn't win.'"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Maren Morris, recording artist - on being named CMA best new artist:
"You know, sitting across the street last year at The Palm, in the bar, watching it on TV and seeing performances like Chris Stapleton and having his career explode, and just seeing dreams come true minute by minute. That was one year ago. And so, tonight, I'm sitting and I don't know. The first thing I thought about was just my parents in the audience and everyone back home at their watching parties. It just hit me. It was real. And I don't know. I'm still processing it I think."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Stapleton, recording artist - on the changing sound of country music:
"We're all friends. It's not like some kind of competition necessarily, like musically, where we're trying to squash out something, where we're in some kind of feud. People make it out to be that and it's just not."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Underwood, recording artist - on having an-all girl band on stage:
"Well, we just really wanted to have a lot of women on stage: gorgeous, strong, talented, amazing women because I feel like our country format could use some more. So let's bring them all up on stage at one time."
7. Carrie Underwood posing
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