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Eric Church and his wife Katherine are looking forward to the first holidays they’ll share with baby Boone McCoy, pictured above, who was born on Oct. 3. But for Church, this is just the prelude to what will be many happy holidays with their firstborn son.

The Band Perry will make yet another high-profile appearance, this time at Dick Clark’s ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ with Ryan Seacrest on Saturday, Dec. 31 on ABC. The event marks the 40th anniversary of Dick Clark’s New Year’s special and will feature actress Jenny McCarthy broadcasting from Times Square and Fergie reporting from the parties in Los Angeles.

Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth had a lot of laughs right away as hosts of the 2011 American Country Awards.

Trace Adkins says he expects nothing but smooth sailing and lots of fun when he co-hosts this year’s 2011 American Country Awards with Kristin Chenoweth, which will air live on FOX on Monday (Dec. 5) at 8PM ET.

Rascal Flatts sang a haunting rendition of ‘Mary Did You Know’ at the ‘CMA Country Christmas’ special. In an evening filled with fun and laughter — including an appearance by Miss Piggy — the song added a spiritual tone to the evening

Lauren Alaina charmed the live and television audiences during tonight’s ‘CMA Country Christmas’ special. Sitting in front of giant Christmas trees surrounded by children, Alaina told Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles that this past year has made her truly appreciate her family because she’s been away from them so frequently.

Scotty McCreery made a big Christmas wish come true for one of his fans in the audience of the ‘CMA Country Christmas’ special.

Zac Brown was so in need of tip money back in his bar and club playing days that he gladly reached into his beer-soaked tip bucket and felt lucky to fish out stray bills. “ playing in a bar, and then wringing the beer outta my tip money from the tip bucket,” he tells CMT. “At the end of the night, people would be spilling beer and stuff into that bucket but I didn’t care. I’d reach down and grab

Miranda Lambert giggled, Blake Shelton grinned, and the most famous newlyweds in Nashville said they can’t believe they won Female and Male Vocalist of the Year awards from the CMA for the second consecutive year.

Sugarland teamed with Matt Nathanson to perform the song ‘Run’ at the 2011 CMA Awards. The teaming is ideal when you consider that the song was written by Nathanson and Sugarland.

Kenny Chesney once again teamed up with Grace Potter for a heartfelt rendition of ‘You and  Tequila,’ the song they took to No. 3 on the Billboard country chart, this time performing it at the 2011 CMA Awards. Chesney recorded the song with Potter for his ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’ album.

Thompson Square sure didn’t look nervous when they took the stage at the 2011 CMA Awards to sing their Top 10 hit ‘Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not.’