Country music has a new power couple, y’all. It’s Lainey Wilson and Devlin Hodges, her new fiancé. The Grammy-winner and NFL quarterback turned realtor kept their relationship quiet for two full years before finally going public on the red carpet in 2023, but clearly their hiding era is now over.
Since taking their love mainstream, Wilson has opened up about the couple’s first date, how Hodges fits into her songwriting process, wanting to settle down, and now, their engagement. Wilson and Hodges still aren’t the most public celebrity couple ever seen (pretty sure Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton still have that title), but there is still plenty to discuss and gush over.
Here is a complete timeline of Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges’s relationship, with most recent events first.
February 12, 2025: After four(ish) years of dating, Hodges finally pops the question! The couple announced their big news with a shared Instagram post, captioned with the name of one of Wilson’s new singles, “4x4xU forever.”
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October 2024: Wilson posts two Instagram reels with her beau, showing the two of them driving through some sort of wilderness, set to “4x4xU.” One post she captioned, “ain’t nowhere I’d rather be.” The other, she captioned with just a duck emoji, a wink at her man’s nickname, Duck.
August 2024: While promoting her latest album, Whirlwinds, Wilson tells Billboard that Hodges plays a part in her songwriting process, though she’ll never be a “mushy gushy” songwriter. “Everything I ever write, he hears because he truly is my best friend and he’s got a great ear,” she told the mag. “He can’t sing a lick—he tries to—and he’s got great taste. I know if I send him a demo or work tape, and he keeps going back and listening to it over and over, there must be something about this. He’s not in the business, he don’t have anything to do with this, and it’s nice to be able to see what other people’s opinions are because that’s the listener right there.”
