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Nearly 500 people were injured. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think that this is an interesting year and we have a job to do,\" said Paisley. \"I think the main thing we're trying to do with this show is unify, and that's important right now. And I also think that we have obviously a couple of things to think about in our format, and one of them is this tragedy in Las Vegas. We can't ignore that, but at the same time I think it's our job to use this as something that's uplifting.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Underwood said the country music world wants to pay tribute to the victims and their families.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"You just want to be respectful and do it right. They're a part of our country music family and we want the families to know that we care a lot,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Paisley said the Las Vegas attack hits close to home because he's performed at the Harvest Festival.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I closed the show Oct. 1, 2016 at the Harvest Festival one year earlier and I know some of those people were at mine and if you think that hasn't crossed my mind a lot you'd be wrong,\" said Paisley. \"It's an incredible group of people that make country music. These are great people. But there is no line between the performers and fans in our format. That's one thing that makes us unique. The family is all of us, performers, fans alike. And so we will come together this week and honor that and you know I think live music and country music in general there's a reason people show up and want to hear this. It's something - there's something different about live and so it's more important than ever that we do this show and do it right.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              After a decade of hosting duties, Paisley and Underwood say they've grown more comfortable with the gig over time.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We try to bring all we got to the table,\" said Underwood. \"This one (Paisley) he has the hats and such and I can change my clothes a lot so I'm gonna do that. I don't know if it gets easier as far as - I feel like we're confident in our abilities as hosts and know that we got this. There have been things that have happened in the past that we've kind of had to figure out as we were going and we did so it's nice to kind of have that confidence.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The CMA Awards will air live at ABC on 8 p.m. EST.\u003cbr/\u003e              Miranda Lambert is the leading nominee, while Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Sam Hunt, Jason Isbell and Taylor Swift - as a songwriter - will also compete for awards.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              New York, 2 Nov. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Medium of Carrie Underwood, left, and Brad Paisley, right, seated and chatting \u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Paisley/Recording Artist, Co-Host of CMA Awards:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think that this is an interesting year and we have a job to do, and the job is to ... I think the main thing we're trying to do with this show is unify, and that's important right now. And I also think that we have obviously a couple of things to think about in our format, and one of them is this tragedy in Las Vegas. We can't ignore that, but at the same time I think it's our job to use this as something that's uplifting. This show can be a combination of entertainment and therapy to some degree, and it feels like we're going to do our best to honor those we've lost and also sing this music at the top of our lungs.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Las Vegas, 3 Oct. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of police cars blocking Las Vegas Boulevard in front of Mandalay Bay\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close-up of broken window gunman used at Mandalay Bay\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of Mandalay Bay's electronic billboard with a message of prayers to victims and gratitude for the first responders\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              New York, 2 Nov. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Underwood/Recording Artist, Co-Host of CMA Awards - on preparing to host the CMA Awards having the victims of the Las Vegas shootings and their families on their minds:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"You just want to be respectful and do it right. They're a part of our country music family and we want the families to know that we care a lot.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Brad Paisley: \"I closed the show Oct. 1, 2016 at the Harvest Festival one year earlier and I know some of those people were at mine and if you think that hasn't crossed my mind a lot you'd be wrong. I think we have...You know, it's an incredible group of people that make country music. These are great people. But there is no line between the performers and fans in our format. That's one thing that makes us unique. The family is all of us, performers, fans alike. And so we will come together this week and honor that and you know I think live music and country music in general there's a reason people show up and want to hear this. It's something - there's something different about live and so it's more important than ever that we do this show and do it right.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Las Vegas, 2 Oct. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of scene of Route 91 Festival site after mass shootings, investigators on the ground\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              New York, 2 Nov. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Underwood/Recording Artist, Co-Host of CMA Awards - on hosting the CMA's:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We try to bring all we got to the table. This one (Paisley) he has the hats and such and I can change my clothes a lot so I'm gonna do that. I don't know if it gets easier as far as - I feel like we're confident in our abilities as hosts and know that we got this. There have been things that have happened in the past that we've kind of had to figure out as we were going and we did so it's nice to kind of have that confidence.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Brad Paisley: \"It's like when (Tom) Brady threw the pass to (Julian) Edelman that he shouldn't have caught and he did somehow. If Edelman was healthy if Brady has any second thoughts throwing him a ball anywhere. We're like that in the sense that we've caught some passes we should've dropped out there. It gives you confidence.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Carrie Underwood: \"I feel like you've been using a lot of sports analogies today. I think I'm keeping up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Brad Paisley: \"My son said, 'Dad, you're just like, I was explaining the World Series to him. My oldest son is like, he's like, 'You're just full of analogies aren't you?' 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