The fans have spoken and it was Jason Aldean who walked away the big winner at the American Country Awards. Jason picked up no less than six Fender guitars at country music’s only fan-voted awards, including the top prize for Artist of the Year. Jason also picked up trophies for Male Artist of the Year, Touring Headline Package of the Year, Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson and Album of the Year for My Kinda Party. “This is a little ridiculous now,” Jason said as he accepted the Artist of the Year award. “It’s been a crazy year and so many people to thank. I could stand up here for an hour and thank everyone I needed to… my band, everybody who plays on my records, my crew out on the road, the fans for coming to my show. It’s definitely ‘My Kinda Party.’ Thank you so much!”

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) If I was planning the kind of 2012 that Jason Aldean is planning, I'd probably rest up, too. He told CMT Radio that for the rest of 2011, he's just going to chill at home in Nashville. "I'm probably gonna go into hiding for about the next month and a-half. You know, I got two little girls at home -- an 8-year-old and a 4-year-old -- so this is my time of the year where I get to go home and be dad and kinda just hang out with them," Aldean said. After that, though, it's back to work. His tour with Jake Owen and Lauren Alaina kicks off in January. Then he has the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, when he could potentially bring home three awards. The most coveted of which, for Aldean, is the best country album Grammy. "That album nomination is what artists dream of their whole career," he says in a story on his website.