Country Music Awards: The red carpet (58 images)

Professional wrestlers Jeff Hardy and James Storm arrive arrive at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 1, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

(L-R) Musicians Steve Gatlin, Larry Gatlin, and Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers arrive at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 1, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Musicians Brandon Still, Paul Jackson, Charlie Starr, Brit Turner and Richard Turner of the band Blackberry Smoke arrive at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 1, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Musician Ira Dean arrives at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 1, 2012. UPI/David Becker