Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood CMA Awards Red Carpet Pictures

The pretty young blondes reigned supreme on the CMA Awards red carpet in Nashville, TN, on Thursday night. Taylor Swift was stunning in her Jenny Packham gown, which featured highlights of red — perhaps an homage to her new album, Red, which is demolishing records on the charts. Carrie Underwood, who hosted the show alongside Brad Paisley, brought her husband, Mike Fisher, as her date for the evening. Hayden Panettiere, who is part of the country music scene now thanks to her show, Nashville, opted for a sexy Georges Chakra Couture number that showed off some of her ink. Other arrivals highlights included Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler's supershort hairdo, and Jennifer Nettles showing off her baby bump — check those all out in the gallery. We'll have more from inside the CMA Awards, including Carrie Underwood's jab at Taylor Swift's breakup with Conor Kennedy, so check back for all the action!