Lainey Wilson Performs With Country Legend, 61, at CMA Fest
A duo country music fans deserve! Lainey Wilson took the stage at CMA Fest 2025 on Saturday, June 7, and was joined by none other than Wynonna Judd.
Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild also performed with the powerhouse pair at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tennessee.
Of course, this isn't the first time Wilson, 33, and Judd, 61, have collaborated. In June 2024, they teamed up to record a powerful cover of Tom Petty's 'Refugee.' Wilson and Judd later made their on-stage debut to perform the track in Nashville as part of Wilson's 'Country's Cool Again' tour.
Ultimately, Wilson has never been shy about her admiration of Judd.
'They were The Judds. I mean, they were the soundtrack of my childhood,' Wilson told Us Weekly in a 2023 interview referring to Wilson's musical duo with her mother, Naomi Judd. 'I remember going to my [grandmother 's] house. She'd pick me and my sister up to go eat, and we would crank up the Judds.'
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As for recording music with Judd, Wilson will never forget it! 'That was one of the coolest experiences of my life. My gosh, every time I tried to use that growl in my voice, I was trying to channel my inner Wynonna. Everybody wants an inner Wynonna,' the 'Hang Tight Honey' artist said in a separate interview with American Songwriter.
'Getting to have that experience with her, in her studio, in her house, with her husband Cactus, it was wild,' Wilson recalled. 'We went in to cut the vocals at the exact same time. We were just separated by a thin wall, and we just got to riff off of each other. It was pure magic."
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