Country music legend Alan Jackson got a standing ovation during the opening monologue at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards just because his name was mentioned. That explained why the ACM's new lifetime achievement award is named after Jackson,

The country icon performed his 2003 track "Remember When" and received a Lifetime Achievement Award Alan Jackson made an emotional return to the ACM Awards. On Thursday, May 8, the country icon took the stage at the 2025 awards show,

Jackson is currently on his farewell Last Call: One More For The Road tour, after revealing a few years ago that he was suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a degenerative nerve condition that affects his mobility and keeps him from getting around like he used to.