Chris Pizzello, Invision/APCarrie Underwood pauses during a performance of "Softly and Tenderly" during an In Memoriam tribute at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Pictured on screen are victims of the Route 91 Harvest mass shooting.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APCarrie Underwood performs "Softly and Tenderly" during an In Memoriam tribute at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APCarrie Underwood performs "Softly and Tenderly" during an In Memoriam tribute at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APMaren Morris, center left, and Niall Horan perform at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APJimi Westbrook, from left, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Philip Sweet, of Little Big Town, perform "Wichita Lineman"at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APMusical group "Old Dominion" perform "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart" at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APPink performs "Barbies" at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APTim McGraw performs "The Rest of Our Life" at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APT.J. Osborne, of Brothers Osborne, performs at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APMiranda Lambert performs "To Learn Her" at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APReba McEntire, left, and Kelsea Ballerini perform "Legends" at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APJoe Don Rooney,from left, Dierks Bentley, Eddie Montgomery, Gary LeVox, and Jay DeMarcus perform "My Town"during a tribute to Troy Gentry at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APHosts Brad Paisley, left, and Carrie Underwood appear during the opening of the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APKeith Urban performs at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Pizzello, Invision/APCharles Kelley, from left, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban perform a medley at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APPink and her daughter Willow Sage Hart arrive at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APAnderson East, left, and Miranda Lambert arrive at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APJohn Osborne, left, and T.J. Osborne, of Brothers Osborne, arrive at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APMaren Morris arrives at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APRuby Rose arrives at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APJessie James Decker arrives at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APTyler Cain, left, and Meghan Linsey arrive at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Evan Agostini, Invision/APDanielle Bradbery arrives at the 51st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Carrie Underwood pauses during a performance of "Softly and Tenderly" during an In Memoriam tribute at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Pictured on screen are victims of the Route 91 Harvest mass shooting.
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