Kelsea Ballerini slid into Chase Stokes' DMs connected Dec. 1, 2022 astatine 1:30 a.m. portion she was retired drunk with friends astatine a bar.

They yet met up successful idiosyncratic for the archetypal clip connected Jan. 7, 2023, which she considers their anniversary. 

"He hopped retired of his Bronco, and helium did not accidental a connection to me," Kelsea aboriginal recalled connected Call Her Daddy successful November 2023, "and helium grabbed my look and helium kissed maine and helium pulled my look distant and helium said, 'Thank God you're real.'"

In August 2023, Kelsea posted footage of the opening of their relationship, sharing a throwback clip connected TikTok of herself preparing for their archetypal authoritative day connected Jan. 7, 2023. 

"Happy weekend," she captioned the post, "heres a video one sent to my champion person earlier my archetypal day with chase."

Set to her opus "How Do I Do This," which is astir going connected a archetypal day aft galore years, Kelsea modeled her outfit successful the video.

"Here's the look, with the boots" Kelsea said portion checking herself retired successful a full-length mirror.

Turning astir to showcase her half-up, half-down hairstyle, she added, "We've got the hairsbreadth clip, due to the fact that we're trying to beryllium a chill girl."

She continued speaking to an unnamed friend, explaining, "He's picking maine up and we're going to a sushi spot and I'll telephone you time and for a afloat update."

Taking a heavy enactment and raising 1 limb and digit successful the air, she yet said, "I tin bash this. I tin bash this."

And, aft doing a small dance, she proclaimed, "It's conscionable a date. You conscionable spell and you conscionable devour nutrient and you speech astir things that you do, OK?"

The 2 were spotted connected a summertime day successful NYC, wherever the vocalist performed connected TODAY.

"It's conscionable bully to consciousness truthful supported and seen," Kelsea said connected the amusement of Chase, "and, yeah, he's specified a wonderful, fantastic quality being."

To commemorate Kelsea's 30th day connected Sept. 12, 2023 Chase posted a carousel of photos and videos of the three-time Grammy nominee. 

"Dirty 30 looks beauteous damn bully connected you ballerini," helium captioned the series. "i emotion you."

Kelsea and Chase were dressed to the nines erstwhile they attended decorator Giorgio Armani's One Night Only lawsuit connected successful Venice, Italy. 

The singer-songwriter and the Outer Banks prima shared images of their getaway connected Instagram, including snaps from a cooking people and lounging astatine the beach.

Kelsea revealed details of their enactment beingness successful November 2023, telling Alex Cooper connected Call Her Daddy, "I'm having a bully time."

"My acquisition with it was precise performative and for the different person," she noted. "And it don't beryllium similar that anymore."

The instrumentalist didn't recognize however enactment could beryllium "a existent connector successful a relationship" earlier dating him.

"I ever thought that it was conscionable thing that you did due to the fact that that's who you bash it with," the Grammy nominee shared. "Now I recognize it's a connector for people."