Reba McEntire Engaged To ‘Happy’s Place’ Co-Star, Rex Linn, After 5 Years Of Dating

Wedding bells are ringing for the happy couple.

Reba McEntire is a bride-to-be after confirming that she’s engaged to Rex Linn on the Emmys red carpet. The two did not post a prominent announcement that Linn got down on one knee, but subtly nodded that the two are taking the relationship to the next level when an E! News correspondent referred to them as fiancés on the red carpet.

“Joining me now is one of tonight’s performers, Reba McEntire and her fiancé, Rex Linn!”

Said Zuri Hall before asking the two about their sitcom Happy’s Place. A source confirmed to People Magazine that the engagement happened a few months ago, and they are “very happy.”

The two star alongside each other in the TV series, but their relationship blossomed long before they were Bobbie and Emmett. McEntire and Linn first met in 1991 on the set of Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, and became friends then; however, they did not become romantically involved until 2020.

“We kept in contact over the years, we both know the same people. So it was just like good friends getting back together and having dinner. Then we started texting and talking on the telephone and getting to know each other better during the quarantine.”

During the pandemic, the two shared a lot of FaceTime dates to get to know each other while the world was shut down.

“It’s good to have a person to talk to, laugh with, get into subjects about what’s going on. It’s just great getting to talk to somebody who I find very interesting, very funny, very smart and is interested in me, too.”

As the two grew more fondly of each other, they started a daily call called “Coffee Camp,” where they set aside a dedicated time beginning in March of 2020, where they caught up or just laughed about their days.

“It was a very special relationship, us getting to know each other without any physical aspect to it at all. We’d talk in the morning, we started ‘Coffee Camp’ while I was staying in Oklahoma … We haven’t missed a ‘Coffee Camp’ since March 16.”

Reba disclosed on an episode of Living & Learning with Reba McEntire in 2021. Rex, who was also a part of the conversation on the podcast episode, then chimed in:

“I was in California, she was in Tennessee, and sometimes my ‘Coffee Camp’ started at 3 a.m., but man, I have never missed one; I don’t wanna miss one.”

The two are clearly a match made in heaven, with McEntire sharing earlier this year with Fox News Digital that the two are a “perfect union.”

“Well, Rex and I get along in every aspect. He’s a better cook than I am, so I like that, for sure. We love Longhorns, we love the cowboy way of life, cowgirl way of life, and we both got into the entertainment industry.

He’s an actor. I’m a singer. I love to act. Now we act together. So it’s just the perfect union, absolutely. And we get along great. We do argue now. We argue a lot, but we have fun doing that too.”

During that interview, she shared that she hoped they would one day get married, and that dream has now turned into a reality with Linn going from boyfriend to fiancé.

Congratulations to the happy couple.