Now
this
is
a
date
night
to
be
stoked
about.
Kelsea
Ballerini
and
Chase
Stokes were
arm
in
arm
as
they
walked
the
red
carpet
the
CMT
Music
Awards
in
Austin,
Texas,
on
April
7.
The “Hole
in
the
Bottle”
singer arrived
at
event,
where
she’ll
serve
as
host,
in
a
red
lacy
dress, while
the Outer
Banks star
looked
sharp
in
a cream
jacket
worn
over
a
white
top
with
black
trousers.
(See
all
the
stars on
the
red
carpet
here.)
Later
in
the
evening,
Kelsea
will
take
the
stage
to
perform,
joining
a
roster
of
country
stars
including
Trisha
Yearwood,
Little
Big
Town,
Old
Dominion,
Jelly
Roll,
Keith
Urban,
Lainey
Wilson
and
Sam
Hunt.
Kelsea
and
Chase’s
rockin’
outing
comes a
few
months
after
the
couple
celebrated
their
first
anniversary
together. “a
whole
trip
around
the
sun
with
my
bestie,”
Kelsea
wrote
on
Instagram
Jan.
7. “@hichasestokes
thanks
for
making
me
write
love
songs.”
The
change
of
tune
follows
a
season
of
heartbreak
for
Kelsea,
who
filed
for
divorce
from
ex
Morgan
Evans
in
2022.
In
fact,
the 30-year-old credits
her
six-track
EP
Rolling
Up
the
Welcome
Mat
with
helping
her “process”
the
breakup. “It’s
the
way
I
got
my
feelings
out
of
my
body
and
heart
and
put
them
to
music,”
Kelsea
explained
in
a
statement
the
day
of
her
EP’s
release
last
February, “which
is
the
purest
way
I
could’ve
handled
it.”
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