Dierks Bentley Says CBS' 'New Year's Eve Live' Is Going to Feel Like 'One Big Honky-Tonk Celebration'

Dierks Bentley.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Dierks Bentleyis ready to rock New Year’s Eve. The singer, 46, is among the headliners set to perform during CBS’New Year’s Eve Live:Nashville’s Big Bashtaking place Dec. 31. While Bentley tells PEOPLE that he usually opts for “low-key” New Year’s Eve celebrations that allow him to be in bed before midnight, he couldn’t resist taking part in this “once in a lifetime” Music City event.

Dierks Bentley Says the 'Greatest Character Builders' in His Marriage Are His Kids

Dierks Bentleysays he’d be “incomplete as a man” without his three children.Thecountry singer, 42, spoke to PEOPLE backstage atWE Day Californiaabout the role his kids — son Knox and daughtersJordan Catherineand Evalyn Day — play in his marriage to wife Cassidy Black and even in his career.“No good cop, bad cop,” he says. “It’s all in it together. I think that the greatest character builder in a marriage is kids.”His three children and wife all take part in Bentley’s singing journey, and the star says they were all a “big part” of the creation of his newest album,The Mountain, which was released in June.

Dierks Bentley Shares Awkward Dad TikTok as He Bra Shops with Daughter Jordan, 12: 'We Need Your Mom'

Dierks Bentley bra shopping with daughter Jordan.Photo:Dierks Bentley/Tiktok Dierks Bentley/Tiktok Dierks Bentleyshared a very relatable parenting moment for anyone who’s tried to take their teen daughter shopping.The country singer, 46, shared a TikTok from a shopping outing at Aerie with his daughter Jordan, 12. In the video, she approaches a display of bras and says, “What are these?““Uh, I believe that’s a bra,” he says uncomfortably.“Obviously, duh,” she responds, deadpanning.As Jordan makes her way around the store, Bentley examines a chart showing the different available bras, and says, “Lightly lined?

Dierks Bentley Shares Why He Stopped Drinking For Two Years (Exclusive)

Dierks Bentley in Nashville, November 1, 2023.Photo:Evan Davies Photography Evan Davies Photography Dierks Bentleyis always ready for a challenge. The country star once spent a year and a half not eating meat — and another year eating meat only from animals he’d hunted. He’s gone on 100-mile mountain bike rides. He’s taken ice baths long before the practice reachedpop culture status. And he’s been known toditch his iPhonefor a flip phone for stretches at a time.

Dierks Bentley Wants to Buy Y'all a Drink — but Until That Day Comes, He's Serving Up New Single 'Beers on Me'

Mere days after performing amongst the thunderous roar of thousands at the Windy City Smokeout music festival in Chicago, country music powerhouseDierks Bentleystill sounded like he was floating on cloud nine about his first big show since the pandemic began. “You always say, ‘Oh, it’s a show I’ll never forget,’ but really, we’llneverforget that show,” the multi-platinum singer/songwriter tells PEOPLE in a recent interview. “Everyone in that crowd wasall in. There was that usual euphoria feeling up there, but it was also mixed in with the added celebration of just beingbeyondlast year.