Three years after Bachelor viewers watched Lauren Bushnell Lane get engaged to Ben Higgins on national television, she confirmed that she was set to be married again — and this time, she headed to the altar with country singer Chris Lane.
Bushnell Lane shared the happy news on Instagram on June 18, 2019, as she praised her future husband.
“I can’t stop smiling 😭,” she wrote. “I feel so incredibly blessed that every misstep, mistake and heartache has led me to you. I couldn’t be happier to call you mine, forever. The journey was well worth it. Thank you Christopher Eric Lane for softening my heart and making it whole. Never going to stop telling you how much I love you and I will hold onto you forever and ever! Lauren Lane has a nice ring to it 💍.”
The pair married in Nashville in October 2019, after less than a year together. Bushnell Lane welcomed her and Lane’s first child, son Dutton, in June 2021. Their second son, Baker, was born in October 2022.
Scroll down to revisit the couple’s relationship timeline:
First Red Carpet
Us Weekly confirmed the duo were dating after they got close on the BMI Country Music Awards red carpet in November 2018. “Chris had his arm around Lauren as they walked onto the red carpet and they posed together,” an onlooker told Us at the time. “Lauren was standing front row during Chris’ performance.”
Country Couple
The following day, the couple walked arm-in-arm on another red carpet, that of the 2018 CMA Awards.
Talking to the Ex
Before he started dating the designer, Lane dated another Lauren B. — namely, Lauren Barr, another contestant from The Bachelor season 20. “Chris was dating LB right before Lauren,” a source told Us in November, adding that Bushnell Lane had called Barr a couple of days prior “to tell her that they were together.”
Teeing Off With Papa Bushnell
Lane stoked engagement rumors in January 2019 when he raved about his “great day on the course with [his] potential future father-n-law,” i.e. Bushnell Lane’s father. (“Y’all, just so you’re aware, I’m not engaged,” the singer later clarified in his Instagram Stories.)
Readying to Get Down on One Knee
At the 2019 ACM Awards in April, Lane told Entertainment Tonight he was “working on” a proposal for Bushnell Lane. “Don’t tell her that, though,” he joked at the time.
A Tropical Getaway
The couple took a romantic trip to Saint Barthélemy in May 2019, and enjoyed the Caribbean waters, swimming with sea turtles, and trying their hand at stand-up paddle boarding.
Engaged!
Lane made good on his proposal promise on June 16, 2019, popping the question at his future wife’s family home in Oregon.
Baby Fever
“Do not expect a long engagement,” a source told Us in June 2019. “They want to start a family sooner rather than later.”
Putting Down Roots
Bushnell Lane announced in August 2019 that they adopted a dog and purchased a home in Nashville. “It’s without shock to anyone who knows me well but, we have decided to make Cooper a permanent part of our family,” she wrote via Instagram. “So happy we get to love you Coop- now that we have adopted you I’ll start working on your dad and finding you a brother/sister, but for now it’s the 3 of us! Oh! And!! WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!”
Celebrating Love
The twosome celebrated their impending wedding at an engagement party in his native North Carolina in September 2019. “It’s been an incredible year in my career as well as my personal life,” he shared on Instagram. “Took the weekend off to celebrate our engagement in Kernersville with both of our families!! I’m a lucky lucky man!”
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