Kelsea Ballerini & Chase Stokes Are Calling Dibs on CMT Date Evening

Kelsea Ballerini Opens Up About “Redeeming” Relationship

Now this is a date night to be stoked about.

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes had been arm in arm as they walked the red carpet the CMT Tune Awards in Austin, Texas, on April 7.

The “Hole within the Bottle” singer arrived at tournament, where she’ll encourage as host, in a red lacy costume, while the Outer Banks well-known particular person looked entertaining in a cream jacket primitive over a white high with shaded trousers. (Behold the total stars on the red carpet right here.)

Later within the night, Kelsea will lift the stage to carry out, joining a roster of country stars including Trisha Yearwood, Cramped Gigantic Town, Frail Dominion, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson and Sam Hunt.

Kelsea and Chase’s rockin’ day out comes a few months after the couple infamous their first anniversary collectively. “an whole outing across the sun with my bestie,” Kelsea wrote on Instagram Jan. 7. “@hichasestokes thanks for making me write like songs.”

The switch of tune follows a season of heartbreak for Kelsea, who filed for divorce from ex Morgan Evans in 2022.

In point of fact, the 30-300 and sixty five days-passe credit ranking her six-observe EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat with serving to her “task” the breakup. “Or no longer it’s the device I purchased my emotions out of my body and heart and put them to song,” Kelsea outlined in an announcement the day of her EP’s unencumber final February, “which is the purest device I could presumably well’ve dealt with it.”