Alan and Denise Jackson are hits in Newnan

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Country music star Alan Jackson and his best-selling author wife Denise Jackson signed autographs together for the first time in their old hometown of Newnan, Ga., where they met and fell in love. Denise Jackson signed books. Alan Jackson autographed CDs.

Alan and Denise Jackson signed copies of her book and his CDs at Scott's Bookstore in their former hometown of Newnan on Tuesday. Denise Jackson is bestselling author of "It's All About Him" and the just-out "The Road Home." Alan Jackson is the most nominated artist in Country Music Awards history.

The line of fans waiting to get autographs from Alan and Denise Jackson is reflected on his tour bus parked outside the bookstore.

Alan Jackson said he was looking forward on the trip to his old hometown to having some of his mom's cube steak, gravy and biscuits.

Denise Jackson signs a copy of "It's All About Him," while her husband autographs a CD. The couple moved from Newnan in 1985, but still have family there. They now live in Fairfield, Tenn.

Jessica Dudt of Hiram, Ga., got Alan Jackson's autograph on a hat.

Wearing an Alan Jackson T-shirt, Brenda McDonald of Williamson, Ga., waits in line outside Scott's Bookstore.

Newnan police Sgt., Brent Blankenship keeps the order at the front door of Scott's Bookstore, as fans of Alan Jackson lined up for an autograph inside the store. Alan and his wife, Denise, signed copies of their books and CDs.

Seven-year-old Max Bennett of LaGrange, Ga., wears an Alan Jackson-style cowboy hat as he waits in line outside Scott's Bookstore.

Alan Jackson's new album was playing inside Scott's Bookstore in Newnan. He and his wife held their first-ever signing as a twosome on Tuesday. Tuesday night they were to receive the first Richard Brooks Visionary Awards of Artistic Achievement at a splashy ceremony.

Alan Jackson does an interview inside Scott's Bookstore in Newnan on Tuesday. Depicted in the mural behind him is the late AJC columnist Lewis Grizzard, who grew up in nearby Moreland.

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Alan and Denise Jackson signed copies of her book and his CDs at Scott's Bookstore in their former hometown of Newnan on Tuesday. Denise Jackson is bestselling author of "It's All About Him" and the just-out "The Road Home." Alan Jackson is the most nominated artist in Country Music Awards history.

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