Lainey Wilson is getting married!
Lainey Wilson (32) will soon be trading the bell bottoms for wedding bells. The country music superstar announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Devlin “Duck” Hodges (28) on February 12th.
How did Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges meet?
Mutual friends introduced the pair in 2021, and they dated privately for two and a half years before going public with their relationship. Their first date was at a since-closed country bar north of Nashville called Silverados.
In an interview with People, Lainey recalled the bar was offering “free beer and wine from 5 PM to 10 PM.” She appreciated her new beau’s frugal approach and thought to herself:
“I was like, ‘This boy likes to ball on a budget, too. This is gonna work out!”
According to a close friend, Lainey predicted that she would marry the former NFL quarterback and champion duck caller after that infamous first date almost four years ago.
When did the couple go public?
Lainey Wilson and Duck Hodges made their first public appearance as a couple on the red carpet at the 2023 ACM Awards.
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Since then, Duck has accompanied the “Watermelon Moonshine” singer to countless appearances and events. Fans quickly grew fond of the couple, and many often inquired whether or not marriage was in the near future.
Ahead of the 2023 CMA Awards, Lainey revealed to Taste of Country that Duck lived with her on her Nashville-area farm but that she “put him to work.” She said:
“He’s got a long list of things. I’m like: ‘Take the trash out, mow the yard, do something with the flower beds, feed the dog.'”
How did Duck pop the question?
In a December interview on the Dumb Blonde podcast, Wilson joked with host Bunnie Xo that she might just have to pop the question herself.
However, Duck did not take long to get things in gear. He proposed to his future wife on the steps of a mansion in Franklin, Tennessee, formerly owned by country legend George Jones. And she said yes!
Lainey is a self-admitted big fan of Jones, known affectionately as “The Possum,” and has previously said that she feels like they would have been “great friends.” She even paid tribute to the late singer with her song “Keep Up With Jones.”
See the photos and videos from Lainey Wilson’s engagement to Devlin “Duck” Hodges below!