Ree and Ladd Drummond's Love Story Is Straight Out of a Western Romance

Ree was staying with her parents in Oklahoma over the holidays and prepping for her big move to Chicago the night she met Ladd. She nearly skipped an invite to meet friends at a local dive bar in town, but ended up going at the last minute. She spotted Ladd from across the room and was immediately drawn to his cowboy mystique and decided to get a closer look.

Despite chatting for two hours that night in the bar, Ladd had to make a speedy exit to cook Christmas turkeys for people in his small town. Ree wasn't able to catch his name, let alone exchange numbers, but hoped she wouldn't be too hard to track down. Four months later, Ladd called.

Ree was just gearing up for her Chicago move when Ladd finally called and asked to take her to dinner the following night. There was something about his take-charge tone that Ree couldn't pass up, so she accepted. Their chemistry became more apparent throughout their dinner date, but it was really solidified by that first kiss. As they approached the front door, Ree's spiked boot heel got stuck and she nearly face-planted, but Ladd caught her. The butterflies in her stomach only intensified after they embraced on the doorstep and finally kissed.

At their wedding reception, they danced to John Michael Montgomery singing "I Swear." Ree especially loves the line in the song that says, "and though I'll make mistakes, I'll never break your heart." After more than two decades, she says they've kept that promise.

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This picture of Ladd holding their firstborn is one of Ree's favorite photos. "Ohhhhhh, the feelings this evokes," Ree says in her Instagram caption.

When Ree asked Ladd what he loves most about living on the ranch, he had the sweetest answer. "Being able to work with the kids. Being able to see you and the kids during the day, taking the kids working, just being close to you all. That's the best thing about living on the ranch."

More than two decades of marriage, four children, and multiple business ventures later, it's safe to say that Ree and Ladd's romance defines relationship goals. Just read through the sweet captions she writes any time Ladd pops up in her Instagram feed, and prepare to swoon.