Carly Pearce has developed a bit of a reputation for not playing it cool whenever she wins an award, which is actually quite endearing. Some people have wondered if her shock and excitement are genuine every time, and Carly says, “Here’s the deal. I don’t know how to fake or compose my reactions to things. You know, like my peers, they’ll get up and they’re like, ‘I’d like to think the Academy of Country Music…’ And I like, stand up and start jumping up and down, hiking my dress up to jump up to win an award. I’m like, ‘OH MY GAWWWD!’”

It’s all as real as it can possibly get in the moment, and Carly says, basically, “The Kentucky part of me just comes out and I’m fine with it. At this point everybody’s seen every ugly face I could ever make.”

We’ve seen it, and we are here for it, and we can’t wait to see the Kentucky come out in Carly if she wins any of the four ACM Awards she’s nominated for, including Female Artist, Album for 29, or Video or Musical Event of the Year for “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” with Ashley McBryde. You can watch the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, this Monday, March 7th, live from Las Vegas at 8pm ET/7pm CT on Amazon Prime Video.