Brad Paisley to Co-Host Country Music Awards for 9th Year in a Row

Learn about Brad Paisley in a minute.

ByABC News
October 26, 2016, 4:01 AM

— -- Brad Paisley will be hosting the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 2 on ABC, for the ninth consecutive year with co-host Carrie Underwood.

The singer-songwriter grew up in a small city in West Virginia and says his grandfather gave him his first guitar when he was 8 years old.

Some of Paisley's best hits include “Letter To Me” and “Whiskey Lullaby.”

Watch the video above to learn more about Brad Paisley in a minute.

ABC News' Luis Yordan contributed to this report.