"I'm Gonna Love You" was the lead single from the deluxe version of Johnson's album 'Leather', which was released in November Carrie Underwood and Cody Johnson gave the 2024 CMA Awards quite the surprise.

Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who was not nominated for any Country Music Assn. Awards this year, still made a surprise appearance at the Nashville ceremony to perform with Cody Johnson. The "Before He Cheats" hitmaker joined Johnson onstage to perform their romantic duet "I'm Gonna Love You" in front of a cheering audience inside Bridgestone Arena.

Johnson began the performance alone, completing the first verse before Underwood entered from the side stage to a wave of cheers from the crowd. The "American Idol" judge was absent from the CMA website's list of performers,