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Amid everything happening in her life, Dasha said the best advice she's received has come from fellow country singer Jelly Roll, whom she said she ran into backstage at CMA Fest.

\"He was saying how the best thing you can do with all this craziness going on is just soak it in,\" she said. \"Like, 'You got this, you're good. You're meant to be here, but just soak it in.'\"

\"And I needed to hear that so bad,\" she added. \"I was like, 'Damn, that's so right,' because I was up there on that stage and just like looking around and like, damn, I'm really here playing a stadium right now. That's just insane.\"

Tune into this year's CMA Fest special, hosted by Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll, when it airs Tuesday, June 28, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.

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