The country star was joined by some of the Nashville tribute concert's other performers to sing the soaring ballad

Carrie Underwood delivered the title song of Wednesday night’s live TV special CM A Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton . The country music star closed out the ABC broadcast with a soaring performance of Parton’s 1974 ballad, joined near the end by some of the evening’s other performers.

The singer appeared in a flowing white dress onstage to sing the night’s emotional, final tribute. Among the artists that honored Parton during the show were Zac Brown, who sang a “duet” with Parton using her prerecorded vocals from “Butterfly,” and Ella Langley , who offered her take on the 1974 hit “Jolene .”

Released on Parton’s Jolene album, “I Will Always Love You” was originally written as a farewell to Porter Wagoner, who hired Parton to regularly appear on his TV variety series.…