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The ladies of Little Big Town – Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild – sing their hearts out on stage at the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The group, which also includes Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet, performed their smash hit song “Girl Crush” during the show.

Little Big Town was one of the big winners of the night, taking home the awards for Vocal Group of the Year and Single of the Year for “Girl Crush.” The song also took home Song of the Year for its writing team.

FYI: Kimberly is a Pfeiffer Jewelry ring.

Eric Church hits the stage for a performance at the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 38-year-old country singer surprised fans that day by secretly dropping his brand new album Mr. Misunderstood without any promotion.

Members of Eric‘s fan club started receiving the physical album in the mail earlier this week and the album is now available for purchase on iTunes.

Eric is the top nominee at the CMAs this evening with five nominations, including Entertainer of the Year.

Brad Paisley pulls his pants down in front of a surprised Carrie Underwood and thousands of people at the Bridgestone Arena during the 2015 CMA Awards on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 43-year-old country singer is hosting the awards show alongside Carrie Underwood and he seemed to have a lot of fun during the opening monologue.

Brad is set to perform during the show tonight, so stay tuned for that!

Make sure to watch the Star Wars spoof from the two hosts that aired to open the show.

FYI: Carrie is wearing a Rani Zakhem dress, Guiseppe Zanotti shoes, Anne Sisteron earrings, and a Le Vian ring.

Justin Timberlake rocks out on guitar with Chris Stapleton during the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The guys sang Chris‘s hit song “Tennessee Whiskey” and then Justin‘s track “Drink You Away.” Watch below!

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Earlier in the night, Chris hit the red carpet with his wife, Morgane.

Chris then took home Album of the Year. Congrats to him!

10+ pics inside of Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton, plus another performance…More Here! »

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley put on some Star Wars costumes to kick off the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The show started with a Star Wars style scroll on the screen saying, “Episode XLIX (or, um… 49). It is country music’s biggest night! Princess Carrie Fisher, also know as Carrie Underwood, has just been informed that the show’s whole big ‘Star Wars’ opening sketch was scrapped. Princess Carrie rushes down the backstage hallway in search of her co-host, a notorious scoundrel known across the universe as Guitar Solo.”

Other country music stars making appearance in the sketch included Little Big Town, Luke Bryan as Darth Vader, and Darius Rucker as a Stormtrooper.

At the end of the opening monologue, Star Trek star William Shatner popped out on stage in a Stormtrooper outfit!

Sam Hunt is all about the plaid while attending the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 30-year-old singer was joined on the red carpet by fellow entertainers Cole Swindell, Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, and Darius Rucker.

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Sam took the stage that night to perform his hit “Take Your Time.”

Watch his awesome performance below!

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Jason Aldean wears his cowboy hat on the red carpet at the 2015 CMA Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 4) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 38-year-old country singer was joined at the event by his wife Brittany Kerr.

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Jason is nominated this year for Album of the Year for Old Boots, New Dirt. He is up against Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, and Chris Stapleton.

Make sure to stay tuned to see Jason take the stage for a performance!

FYI: Brittany is wearing a Walter Mendez Collection dress.