The 2-hour CMA Country Christmas airs tonight on ABC from the Grand Ole Opry. Hosted by Jennifer Nettles, performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Eldredge, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Trisha Yearwood, Chris Young and Kelly Clarkson.

 

Long before his record deal, Dierks Bentley played a new club in Nashville as their 1st performer but he was also fired that same night. The legendary Tootsies was next door and their band played so loud, everyone went there, so they fired Dierks because he and his band were too quiet.

 

So Thomas Rhett doesn’t get homesick on the road he always brings his wife, their two dogs and little things from their house like candles to make the bus look like home.

 

After a big year of touring, Kenny Chesney’s been catching up on TV shows he missed and says, “you look forward to getting off the road, but the energy of thousands of people coming right at you every night then all of a sudden, it’s silent is always a tough transition.”

 

Finally – Old Dominion happened by accident in 03 when the guys formed a friendship thru song writing and they only started playing together to make some extra bucks.

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