There will be plenty of laughs on country music’s biggest night thanks to the guest trio of Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson.

With just one week to go until the 2024 CMA Awards take place live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, PEOPLE can exclusively premiere a featurette video in which veteran hosts Bryan and Manning bond with new host Wilson.

The video starts with the group sharing a few laughs as they pose for photos, and Bryan explains, “This is our first day together, so we’re starting to kind of feel the energy that we can bring to the stage. the night of the CMA Awards.”

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Manning then jokes that Wilson — who made history at last year’s ceremony when she became the only artist to ever lead the nominations in her first two times on the ballot — “spent the same amount of time on stage” as he and Bryan, leaving them was given her new hosting duties. rightly ‘appropriate’.

“I feel like these guys don’t take themselves too seriously, and that’s what I want. I want us to just go up there and have fun and make things difficult for each other,” said Wilson, who took home the top . Entertainer of the Year 2023 Award.

After Manning adds that it’s a “thrill” to be part of the event, as a “huge fan of country music,” Bryan reveals his favorite part of participating as host.

“As an artist, you sit in the front row at the awards and hopefully you win, and then to be up there on stage, kind of like a master of ceremonies, it’s a hell of a hill to climb,” he says.

Wilson adds that the event has become a “family reunion with country music.”

“A lot of these people who are nominated and win are people who helped me along the way. It’s just a big moment to celebrate each other,” she says.

Nominees for the 58th annual CMA Awards include Morgan Wallen, who leads with seven nods, Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson, who both earned five nominations, and Wilson and Post Malone, who each scored four nominations.

In addition to hosting, Wilson and Bryan are also part of an extensive roster of artists including Dierks Bentley, Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Ashley McBryde, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Chris Stapleton, Teddy Swims, Thomas Rhett and Molly Tuttle. .

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The 58th Annual CMA Awards airs on ABC on Wednesday, November 20 at 8pm ET.