A star-studded crowd gathered to remember the late singer for CMT’s Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn, which aired on Sunday.

During her speech, Faith was comforted by her husband as she fought back tears on several occasions while reminiscing about Loretta and their friendship.

“It is our honor and privilege to be here close to where our dear friendship began,” she said. “And to celebrate this extraordinary woman and her remarkable life.

“Loretta was unabashedly honest about hardships and joys of being a wife and mother, a woman loving life — loving, lying, cheating, having babies, not having babies…she sang about it all.”