Jessica Nicholson

Lady Antebellum will have plenty of Christmas cheer to spread this year. Their first holiday album, ‘On This Winter’s Night,’ released on Monday (Oct. 22), and now the trio is planning a special holiday concert in their hometown of Nashville to commemorate it.

At 46, Martina McBride is healthy, beautiful and strong. The singer, wife and mother of three–who showed off her bikini body on the cover of Shape Magazine in 2009–opened up about the fitness routine she uses to stay healthy.

Could Carrie Underwood be a performer at the American Music Awards on Nov. 18? The singer has hinted that it’s possible.

Is ‘Nashville’ actress Hayden Panettiere using her role as the up-and-coming country music sensation Juliette Barnes as “practice” for her very own country music career? It seems likely.

Katie Couric will get up close and personal with country music’s leading ladies this Friday in a special ‘All Access Nashville’ episode of ’20/20.’

It seems like down-to-earth country couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are coming… well, back down to earth. The duo is reportedly selling their 3,248 sq. ft. New York City duplex, which is located on the top floor of the apartment building.

“With this album, I really explored the edges of what I’m allowed to do,” Taylor Swift said of her latest album, ‘Red,’ during an interview on ‘Good Morning America’ on Monday morning (Oct. 22). The album hit shelves today, though Swift has been using the ‘GMA’ platform to give glimpses of the album via a series of song previews over the past few weeks, including the title track, ‘State of Grace,’

Sara Evans is alive and well, she assures her fans. It seems there was confusion recently when a 16-year-old from Ohio with a similar name was involved in a car accident, causing some to worry about the country singer’s well-being.

Kelly Clarkson has enjoyed a few hit duets in the country music field already, and soon, she’ll add Vince Gill to her roster. The track listing for the first ‘American Idol’ winner’s upcoming album, ‘Greatest Hits — Chapter 1,’ has been released, and tucked alongside her pop hits is a sweet duet with Gill titled ‘Don’t Rush.’

Darius Rucker is officially the Grand Ole Opry’s newest member. The ‘True Believers’ singer was inducted into the iconic country music institution during a Tuesday night (Oct. 16) Opry performance before a packed crowd of family, fans and industry friends.

Jake Owen is counting down the days until he becomes a new father. Owen and his wife, Lacey Buchanan — who married in a seaside wedding in Vero Beach, Fla. in May — are expecting their first baby, a daughter, in November.

When Darius Rucker was invited to be the latest member of the Grand Ole Opry by buddy Brad Paisley recently, it wasn’t just the staff and ‘Southern Comfort Zone’ singer who were in on the keeping the secret. Rucker’s wife, Beth, also kept mum about her husband’s Grand Ole Opry invitation — and for nearly two months.