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Kelsea Ballerini shares photo with Dolly Parton from ACM Awards rehearsal

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ByCillea Houghton
March 02, 2022, 5:49 PM

Kelsea Ballerini and Dolly Parton are getting ready for the Academy Of Country Music Awards -- and they have a sweet picture to show for it.

On Tuesday, the "Peter Pan" hitmaker shared a photo of her and the country legend backstage at rehearsals for the show next week.

"Just a couple of east Tennessee girls getting ready to sing together at the @acmawards," Ballerini wrote alongside the snap that shows her lovingly embracing Parton as the two beam at the camera.

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"See you in Vegas!" the official ACM Awards account replies, with Parton herself commenting with a single heart emoji.

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The superstars are teaming up for a performance of "Big Dreams and Faded Jeans" off Parton's upcoming album of original songs, "Run, Rose, Run," based on her book of the same name.

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Ballerini lends her voice to the "Run, Rose, Run" audiobook, where she voices the character AnnieLee.

The ACM Awards air live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on March 7 on Amazon Prime.

Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Walker Hayes, Chris Stapleton and more are on the star-studded list of performers also set to take the stage.

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