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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are celebrating two years of dating on Tuesday (January 7).
They each reminisced on heartwarming moments they’ve shared with one another in photos on Instagram. Ballerini, 31, marked “two years of catching each other in countless cities, perfecting a chimichurri steak, and creating a world that revolves around dogs,” she wrote in her caption as a tribute to Stokes. The Patterns artist added, “love you so, teammate. 🤍.” The Outer Banks star, 32, posted a tribute of his own to Ballerini: “2 laps around the sun with you, i love you kb 🤍(especially when you laugh so hard you wheeze, and 8 am dance routines to your toothbrush).”
Ballerini and Stokes first sparked dating rumors when Stokes posted a photo of the couple sitting closely with one another at the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2023. Ballerini previously told Entertainment Tonight when asked about the “hottest part” about dating Stokes: “I think it is very underrated for a man to be like, really proud of his relationship. He posted that photo of us at the National Championship before we even had the conversation of, like, ‘are we together?’ Even as a very independently-wired woman, I love when he’s like, ‘this is us. Here we are.’ …He full sent that.”
The following month, Ballerini confirmed the budding romance in an interview. She’s also revealed that they began talking because she slid into his DMs in December 2022, and although she didn’t officially meet him at that time, they were on the same early morning flight together in 2021. On the couple’s anniversary last year, the “First Rodeo” singer-songwriter thanked Stokes (who appeared in the music video) “for making me write love songs. 🤍”