Lady Antebellum Score 'Ultimate' ACM Wins

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Lady Antebellum picked up threeAcademy of Country Music Awardsduring Sunday night's show, including Top Vocal Group and Album of the Year for 'Need You Now,' which also earned the trio an award for co-producing the album with Paul Worley.

"For us to win Album, it's the ultimate for an artist," Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley told The Boot backstage at Sunday night's show. "It's a large body of work. You spend so much time -- months and months on these things -- and to win Album of the Year is huge."

Bandmate Hillary Scott could not be more humble about their huge win. "Everybody in the category made such an incredible album," she said. "And I'm not just saying this, I'm a huge fan of all of those albums in the category."

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Blake Shelton Hazes 'Chelsea Lately'

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Blake Shelton holds the distinction of being the most frequent country artist to appear on the hit TV show, 'Chelsea Lately,' hosted by comedianChelsea Handler. The singer returned to the late-night chat fest earlier this week, to talk about his upcoming gig as co-host for this weekend's Academy of Country Music Awards, as well as his new reality competition show, 'The Voice.' The rapport between the two celebrities kept the audience in laughter during the entire segment. Here's why:

Chelsea: You know you have to get your act together for this weekend, when you're hosting with Reba [McEntire], because you know she's not going to let you mess around for these ACMs? AMCs? Which one is the movie theater? Or one's the network? The American Movie Channel. These are the American Country Music Awards?

Blake: Would you let me talk? It's the Academy of Country Music Awards. With Reba. [applause] Thanks for showing a little bit of respect for country music.

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Brad Paisley Duets With Carrie Underwood on New CD

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Brad Paisley is less than two months away from the release of his eighth studio album, 'This Is Country Music,' and a few details are already emerging about what fans can expect from the new CD.

Brad has once again teamed up with good friend, Carrie Underwood, to record a duet, with this one titled 'Remind Me.' The pair, who have co-hosted the CMA Awards together for the last three years, also recorded 'Oh Love' together in 2007, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.

The current two-time ACM Award nominee, including one for Entertainer of the Year, also partnered with Alabama for his recently-released single, 'Old Alabama.' "I had those guys come in the studio and record it. It was one of the most mind-blowing experiences of my life," Brad says. "That's the biggest group in the history of country music!"

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Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift + More -- Top Tweets of the Week

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Every weekend, The Boot brings you the week's top tweets, so you can see what your favorite stars are chirping about! This week's top Twitter posts come from Blake Shelton,Frankie Ballard and more. Don't forget to follow The Boot on Twitter (@thebootdotcom).

Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton): "I asked Miranda if I could do @chelseahandler while I was in L.A. tonight. She said ok ... YES!! She completely misunderstood what I meant!!"

Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13): "Wow. I'm still the same as I was in elementary school -- the last to realize it's April Fools day. WAY confused until someone reminds me."

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Eric Church and Wife Katherine Expecting First Baby!

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This time around, he's happy about those two little pink lines.

Eric Church and wife of three years, Katherine, are expecting their first child this fall. "Katherine and I are very excited and are looking forward to becoming parents," reports the dad-to-be. "This year has gotten off to an amazing start for us, and this news has made it so much better than we could have ever anticipated."

Of course, Eric's huge hit, 'Two Pink Lines,' is the real-life story of waiting in angst for the results of a pregnancy test several years ago. "I have this song about pregnancy. It's a personal song for me, because two pink lines happened to me when I was unmarried and a teenager," Eric confessed at the CMA Songwriters series last year. "When I first played this for my mom, I was expecting her to be really bothered by it. She goes, 'I love that song. Why are you singing about two pinklions?' I said, 'Mom, I happen to love lions; I'm a big cat fan.' It took her a long time to figure it out."

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Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan + More to Play USO/ACM Concert

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Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town,Montgomery Gentry, Craig Morgan, Brett Eldredge and Sunny Sweeney will perform a free, private USO show for Nellis Air Force Base troops and their families. Hosted by the Academy of Country Music and the USO for the second consecutive year, the concert takes place April 2 as part of 'The Week Vegas Goes Country.'

Blake Shelton has additional plans while at Nellis Air Force Base. Blake will host the first-ever NRA Country/ACM Celebrity Shoot. The event is a 13-station, 50-target sporting clays competition for 20-26 teams of five shooters with a celebrity captain. Prizes will go to the top three teams.

"We get to do something we love to do, with our fans, and help raise awareness for a worthy cause while having a great time," Blake says.

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Brad Paisley Says Working With Alabama Was 'Mind-Blowing'

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Brad Paisley's latest single, 'This Is Country Music' is still sitting pretty in the top five on the charts, but the superstar already has his mind on his follow-up single, 'Old Alabama,' which is just starting to hit the airwaves.

"My next single has something that's really cool, I think, that we came up with when we were writing this new album," he tells Buffalo, N.Y. radio station WYRK. "We were writing a song that mentions a few things and realized that the perfect bridge for the song is the bridge from 'Mountain Music.' And so I contacted [Alabamamember] Randy Owen and asked if he wanted to write it with us, and then got those guys back together. Instead of sampling a piece of 'Mountain Music,' I had those guys come in the studio and record it. It was one of the most mind-blowing experiences of my life."

The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year admits he was more than a little starstruck when he hung out in the studio with the legendary band. "That's the biggest group in the history of country music!" he gushes.

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