Country star Kelsea Ballerini is engaged to Australian musician Morgan Evans after nine months of dating. The couple met while cohosting Australia's Country Music Channel Awards in March. The 23-year-old "Love Me Like You Mean It" singer, who was recently nominated for the best new artist Grammy award [2], shared a sweet photo of the couple (and her stunning ring [3]) on Instagram on Christmas Day, writing, "This morning, 9 months and 13 days later, he got down on one knee in the kitchen while I was burning pancakes and asked me to marry him. Loving him has been the greatest gift of my life. And now I get to do it for life. #HECALLEDDIBS." She followed up with a close-up snap of her new bauble on Twitter, saying, "My heart is bursting from loving this human so much." Of the ring (which he designed in Nashville), Morgan told People [4], "I wanted it to be classic and beautiful, like her."
I GET TO MARRY MY AUSSIE. my heart is bursting from loving this human so much. luckiest girl in the world. pic.twitter.com/GRtwTDwSys [5]
— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) December 26, 2016 [6]
Kelsea joins fellow country singer Kacey Musgraves in the Christmas Engagement Club; the "Follow Your Arrow" songstress was proposed to on Christmas Eve [7] by boyfriend Ruston Kelly. Former Bachelorette star Jillian Harris was also gifted with a gorgeous engagement ring [8] after her longtime love Justin Pasutto proposed on Christmas Day.
