Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton and Thomas Rhett are among the first round of performers announced for The 51st Annual CMA Awards that will be held 11/8 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and air on ABC.

Co-host Carrie Underwood is also slated to schedule as are 16-time CMA Awards winner Alan Jackson, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Old Dominion and Jon Pardi. Brad Paisley is joining Underwood as co-host for the 10th consecutive year.

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