The Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award for Alan Jackson at this year’s Country Music Awards, hosted by Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan, wasn’t a surprise. It honors “an legendary performer who has achieved the highest degree of recognition in Country Music.”My career has been boosted by brilliant songwriters and a terrific crew. Thank goodness for all that helped me get thus far. I can’t thank everyone who’s been in my life, but I do have to thank my wife Denise, over there,” he remarked.The Georgia Music Hall of Fame (2001), Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (2018), and Country Music Hall of Fame (2019) have inducted Jackson during the previous 20 years. He said, “I’ve obviously lived the American dream,” emphasizing that he still did.