LBT revealed that Miss Taylor Swift penned their new song 'Better Man' It's a great tune and TS pitched the group the tune saying, they would do great with harmony... Here is the clip from Karen and Philip of the band , Little Big Town. Karen: “We’ve been telling you guys that there was a young girl in Nashville who wrote it by herself and its Taylor Swift. And she sent us this song and it was one that was really special to her and she thought of us because of the harmonies and she’d never pitched a song to anyone before and the moment that we heard it we were like, ‘Man, that is a song that we are going to cut and so, yeah.'” Phillip: “Immediately we were all like had the same reaction. Through our whole career, anytime we’ve had that reaction to a song we knew it felt right. So this one just felt special and we’ve known Taylor since she was in high school, so she’s a dear friend of ours.” I will be in my fab recliner in front of the big screen tv, with audio cranked, enjoying the many diverse performances. The many collaberations are amazing. The couple set to return as cohosts, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwoon do a fantastic job each year and I'm sure tonight's telecast will be terrific as well. I mentioned on the radio morning show that Carrie loves to play 'Dress Up'... Does she use a stylist to get ready? No she loves to do all of it , herself. Here she speaks of her cohost for the CMAS. CMA Awards Co-Host Carrie Underwood Talks About Her Pal Brad Paisley ... “Brad and I — I’ve always said, he’s like my big brother. I didn’t have brothers growing up, but if I had one, I would want him to be like Brad, and he has, you know, the best family. [His wife] Kim and his kids are just absolutely amazing, and they’ve always been super-sweet to me. And it’s just nice to have people that you work with that you really enjoy, and you enjoy being around. And he and [my husband] Mike have hung out together, and it’s just nice to have that in your life, where you can have people that are kind of in all aspects of your life — your work life and your personal life.” Good luck to all the Award Nominees! I'm sure I will have tons of stuff to chat about in the morning...as well as clips form the telecast. Our own Jennifer Campbell is there 'live' tomorrow to recap as well. Lots to look forward to this evening. Here is a complete list of the CMA Nominees, in case you want to check off the list as the night progresses. CMA Awards Nominations 2016 .. the show is tonight on CITY TV ( Shaw cable 80 locally) ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Carrie Underwood . Chris Stapleton Keith Urban ... MALE VOCALIST Dierks Bentley Eric Church Chris Stapleton Tim McGraw Keith Urban FEMALE VOCALIST Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dierks Bentley, Black Maren Morris, Hero Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood Keith Urban, Ripcord Carrie Underwood, Storyteller NEW ARTIST Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne Maren Morris Old Dominion Cole Swindell VOCAL GROUP Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band VOCAL DUO Brothers Osborne Dan and Shay Florida Georgia Line Joey and Rory Maddie and Tae SONG Cam, “Burning House Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Man” Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” Maren Morris, “My Church” Eric Church, “Record Year” SINGLE Maren Morris, “My Church” Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Man” Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” Chris Stapleton, “Nobody To Blame” Eric Church, “Record Year” MUSIC VIDEO Cam, “Burning House” Chris Stapleton, “Fire Away” Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” Eric Church, “Record Year” Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On A Beach” MUSICAL EVENT Cam, “Burning House” Chris Stapleton, “Fire Away” Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” Eric Church, “Record Year” Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On A Beach” MUSICIAN Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Brent Mason Derek Wells