Chris Stapleton was the surprise winner for best male vocalist at the 2015 Country Music Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night, and he also took best new artist and album of the year honors. But he shared the event's best moment with somebody not normally associated with country music, Memphis-born Justin Timberlake. The pair covered the George Jones song "Tennessee Whiskey" and performed Timberlake's "Drink You Away," sharing their tight harmonies with Stapleton's wife, Morgane, in front of a band that included a Memphis soul horn section. They brought down the house, deservedly:
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