CMA Awards Hosts Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley Aren't Sick of Each Other Yet Thanks to Their Own Marriages

From releasing a joint single to combining forces on tour,Carrie UnderwoodandBrad Paisleyhave done it all together. Now, the country superstars are gearing up to host their eleventh consecutiveCMA Awardstogether on Wednesday — and yet they say still haven’t gotten sick of each other thanks to a trick they’ve learned from their own respective marriages. “We spend a lot of time apart,” Underwood, 35, tells PEOPLE. “I feel like that’s important for any ‘marriage,’ work or real.

CMA Awards Stars Kicking It with Their Younger Selves

01of 10 FAITH HILL & TIM MCGRAW To help get your country music knowledge up to award-worthy standards ahead of the Nov. 13 CMA Awards, we rounded up some of the genre’s most popular acts and saddled them up beside their younger selves. First up: The power couple of country music,HillandMcGraw, who only get better with age. 02of 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD FromAmerican Idolcontestant to CMA Awards queen,Underwoodhas come a long way.

CMA Country Christmas Highlights: Not Too Countrified, But It Still Makes Very Merry

Okay, country fans, admit it: There is nothing fundamentally country about Christmas. So remember that when pop croonerTony Bennett, jazz stylist Diana Krall and dancing violinist (not fiddler)Lindsey Stirlingall turn up on the ninth annualCMA Country Christmasshow. For that matter, you’ll have to curb your craving for anything remotely Hank-ish fromBrett Eldredge,Old Dominion,Dan + Shay,Martina McBrideand the majority of the other country artists who appear on this holiday special, which airs Monday night on ABC.

CMAs 2019: Check Out the Complete Winners List!

And the winners are… The53rd Annual Country Music Association Awardsare airing Wednesday night, and PEOPLE is highlighting the night’s most exciting can’t-miss moments, performances and — of course — winners. For her 12th year in a year,Carrie Underwoodreturns to co-host the awards, alongside country music icons Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. As for the nominees,Maren Morrisleads the pack with six nods, withBrothers Osborne(consisting of brothers T.J. Osborne and John Osborne) close behind with four nominations.

CMT Award Winner Leon Bridges Thinks Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Has Country Music 'Essence'

Leon Bridgeshas nothing but love for rising starLil Nas X! The 29-year-old soul singer spoke with PEOPLE during theCMT Awardsred carpet Wednesday about “Old Town Road” and the rapper behind the viral track. “He has the elements of the essence of what country music is and I think the ‘Old Town Road’ song is a fun song,” he told PEOPLE. “From one brother to another brother, I support him,” he added.