Nashville Love Stories

From their first hello to their last kiss before bed, these couples are living their best lives with their perfect Music City matches.

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Brittney and Brian Kelley

When Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley met his now-wife Brittney, they were each in a relationship. After three years of friendship, the fate stepped in and the two found themselves single at the same time. Seven months after they began dating, the two were married on December 16, 2013, in front of 40 family members and friends on their property in Nashville. A year later the couple welcomed a new addition—their ethically-produced clothing and accessories brand, Tribe Kelley. 

Mallory Ervin and Kyle DiMeola

Influencer and podcaster Mallory met her now husband Kyle, by chance at Fido in Hillsboro Village seven years ago when each was sitting alone. A wedding on June 3, 2017, one media empire, and two adorable boys (Ford, almost 2, and Shepherd, 5 months) later, Mallory says, “We feel like we really found the best versions of ourselves while we were together, which makes our relationship so much deeper.” She says it’s easy to keep the spark alive with a husband like Kyle. “He’s always planning date nights and still treats me like we're dating still to this day. We laugh all day everyday together.”

Jurrell and Ryann Casey

The Tennessee Titans defensive end met his wife freshman year of college, and though they didn’t start dating until after graduation, it was a meeting that would change his life. But their schedules and life paths made things challenging—Jurrell’s NFL schedule and Ryann’s law school workload (she is now Assistant Public Defender for Metro Nashville) made a relationship difficult. But Jurrell made his intentions known and the two were married in July of 2016. And while Jurrell loves his wife’s positivity and nurturing spirit, he says it was her smile that first caught his eye. “I tell her all the time that I love her big smile,” he says. “It goes ear to ear, and she's got these nice, juicy cheeks that go right along with it. When she walks in a room and she smiles, it lights up everything.”

Hunter and Cameron Premo

This sweet social media savvy couple’s love story dates back to high school. Cameron, a photographer, says he saw Hunter, an influencer, at a summer football scrimmage and knew he would end up with her. Two years later they were changing their class schedules to spend more time together. After graduation and a long-distance relationship in college, the couple got engaged on a meaningful trip to Florence, Italy. Now married, the Premos are expecting their first baby, a boy, in June. Hunter documents it all on her blog and social media channels, and Cameron—her photographer—is beside her every step of the way. “Cameron’s a hard worker but teaches me not to take things too seriously,” Hunter says. “We have fun together every day. He is truly my best friend and biggest encourager."

Maneet Chauhan and Vivek Deora 

While many know Maneet as a renowned restauranteur and chef and Food Network personality, her husband and business partner, Vivek, works just as hard behind the scenes. It’s no surprise the two met following their passion for the hospitality business while attending India’s Welcome group Graduate School of Hotel Administration. “At the time we were just acquaintances. Vivek was a year senior to me and I always say that he hazed me, which he very much denies,” says Maneet. The two started dating while Vivek was in the U.S. and maintained a four-year long-distance relationship when he moved to Southeast Asia and Maneet, ironically, came to the States. “After four years of long distance we were like, ‘This is it! We need to get married!’”

Roman and Ellie Josi 

The Nashville Predators defenseman and the Nashville-based model met through mutual friends at Acme in the fall of 2015. Nearly four years later they tied the knot at The Estate at Cherokee Dock on July 19, 2019. 

Shane McAnally and Michael Baum

The Grammy-award winning songwriter and Songland judge met his now-husband in 2007 through mutual friends while vacationing in Palm Springs. At the time, McAnally was living in Los Angeles and Baum was in Atlanta, so they pursued a friendship. But after a few cross-country visits, friendships turned into something more. The pair married in September of 2012, just a few months before the arrival of their twins in December. “We always joke it was a shotgun wedding,” McAnally says. “Coincidentally, our surrogate was from Palm Springs. So five years later, we went back to the town where we met and welcomed (son) Dash and (daughter) Dylan to the family. We are so blessed and so grateful that we get to spend this life together. I still can’t believe we get to be out and publicly together. I was afraid I wouldn’t see that in my lifetime, but God had bigger plans.” 

Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook

The Little Big Town members met in the early days of the group, but didn’t begin dating until years later. In 2006, they were married in a quiet ceremony in Nashville. In 2010 they welcomed son Elijah Dylan. 

Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell

Anyone watching the Spotify vertical video for Chris’s song “I Don’t Know About You,” which starred Lauren as his love interest, could see a spark between these two. Shortly after, the pair made their red-carpet debut at the BMI Awards on November 13, 2018. Fast-forward less than a year and Lane proposed to Bushnell in her family’s backyard in Oregon on Father’s Day. They were married in Nashville just four months later in an intimate ceremony on Oct. 25. Adding to the sweet event: their first dance was to an acoustic version of Lane’s “Big, Big Plans,” which he wrote for the proposal. 

Cody Alan and Trea Smith 

CMT host Cody met his fiancé Trea, an occupational therapist, at a Carrie Underwood concert in 2015—the year before Cody came out publicly. Once he did, it was full steam ahead for the sweethearts, who began making public appearances together on red carpets and spending more time with Cody’s kids from a previous marriage behind the scenes. It was the bond between Trea and Cody’s kids that solidified their fate. “Not to be too cliché, but I knew he was the one by the way he loved my kids,” Cody told People. In September of 2017, Cody proposed to Trea while vacationing at the Sandals South Coast resort in Jamaica, telling People, “I told him how much I loved him, and with a few tears and a crack in my voice, I gave him the ring and asked him to marry me. Lucky for me, he said yes!”