Before the 54th ACM Awards kicked off in Las Vegas on April 7, the stars walked the red carpet—actually, it was a blue carpet—outside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Check out our blue carpet photo gallery featuring Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Dan + Shay, Lindsay Ell, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Maren Morris, Little Big Town and many more.