Emily Ann Roberts stepped onto the 2026 ACM Awards red carpet on Sunday (May 17) alongside her husband Chris Sasser, marking the couple’s first-ever red carpet appearance together at the coveted awards show.
The beloved couple arrived at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with big smiles on their faces and even shared a kiss on the carpet in front of the photographers.
Roberts dazzled in a golden gown with a flowy cape, while Sasser is dressed in a more traditional all-black ensemble complete with a large belt buckle, caiman cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, as the couple shares a memorable night out celebrating the ACM Awards.
Emily Ann Roberts was nominated for her first-ever ACM Award at this year’s 61st ACM Awards in the New Female Artist of The Year category alongside Avery Anna, MacKenzie Carpenter, Dasha, and Caroline Jones. Ultimately, Avery Anna was named the winner of the award. Despite not winning the award, Roberts admitted that the nomination alone means the world to her and her husband.
“I love to put on a happy face all the time on stage and on social media, but Chris really sees me when I’m at rock bottom. He sees me on the good days. He sees me on the hard days and he loves me through all of it,” she recently told Country Now. “So when I found out that I was nominated for the ACM and we got to experience that win together, that’s just as much a win for him as it is for me because we are a team in this and there is nothing that I don’t walk through in this career that he’s not with me every step of the way on. So I want to experience all my wins with him. He’s just my best friend.”
Emily Ann Roberts and Chris Sasser are a down-to-earth couple who document their everyday life, rural adventures, and home renovation projects through their social media platform, Sasser House. The beloved couple share an authentic look into their relationship and have quickly built a loyal following by highlighting everything from their day-to-day life to farming to DIY home transformations. Their relatable content has resonated widely online, helping them grow an audience of over 1.3 million followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on TikTok.
Chris Sasser has been by Emily Ann Roberts since the beginning of her career and has remained by her side through thick and thin.
The Sasser’s love story began in high school, where the pair first crossed paths in Spanish class during her sophomore year. Roberts previously shared that it took a few months of playful persistence before Chris finally came around to the idea that they were meant to be together. That connection eventually turned into a relationship in June 2015, and after years of building their life together, the couple tied the knot in November 2020.
The 2026 ACM Awards will feature performances from Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson, Dan + Shay, Ella Langley, Jordan Davis, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, The Red Clay Strays, Thomas Rhett, and Zach Top, along with ACM New Female Artist of the Year Avery Anna and ACM New Male Artist of the Year Tucker Wetmore.
The 61st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will also include a star-studded list of presenters, including Andrew Whitworth, Ashley McBryde, Carl Edwards, Corey LaJoie, Keith Urban, Lauren Alaina, Michael Bublé, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Shaboozey, The War And Treaty, T.J. Osborne and more.
Female artists lead this year’s nominations, with Megan Moroney earning nine nods, followed by Miranda Lambert with eight, and both Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson tied with seven. Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, and Cody Johnson also enter the night as top nominees.
The 2026 ACM Awards bring country music’s biggest night back to Las Vegas in a star-studded celebration hosted by legendary songwriter and best-selling female country artist Shania Twain, marking her first time leading the show. The broadcast is set to stream live exclusively on Prime Video across more than 240 countries and territories and airs Sunday, May 17, 2026, from the iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena in Sin City.
A Prime membership is not required to watch the show. Fans can stream the ceremony live on mobile devices, tablets, smart TVs, and other connected devices via Prime Video, as well as through the Amazon Music app and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
For those who miss the live broadcast, the full show will also be available to stream on Prime Video the following day (May 18) at 8/7c.
