Country Star Lainey Wilson Marries Fiancé Devlin Hodges in Tennessee Cave

Country star Lainey Wilson and her fiancé Devlin "Duck" Hodges married after five years together.

The 33-year-old singer shared a joint Instagram post with Vogue magazine on Thursday announcing the wedding. She and the 30-year-old former professional football player tied the knot on May 10 in Dickson, Tennessee, at The Ruskin Cave.

The ceremony featured a waterfall backdrop and country-inspired elements. Wilson told Vogue she and Hodges discovered the historic natural limestone cave while driving backroads in Tennessee. "Duck and I were driving backroads in Tennessee and saw a billboard for The Ruskin Cave," she remembered. "Duck said, ‘You wanna get married there?’ I said, ‘Done deal.’ We dropped by, saw the venue, and fell in love with the natural beauty of the cave and the simplicity of the property."

The Grammy winner and Hodges exchanged vows on a cobblestone ledge at the foot of a waterfall. "My absolute dream ceremony," Wilson told Vogue via People magazine. "There’s a small waterfall flowing down the hill behind the altar and windows. The waterfall is what convinced us to do the ceremony in this spot."

"You could hear the water trickling down and birds singing, and we had a nice spring breeze," Wilson recalled to Vogue. She arrived in a white horse-drawn carriage and walked down the aisle with her father to join Hodges at the altar.

Lainey’s friend and mentor, Wes Williams, officiated the ceremony. The couple shared communion before family and friends. "I have never seen Duck smile as big as he did then," Wilson remembered. "It made me feel giddy about turning the page into this next chapter of marriage. We were both anxious to say ‘I do!’"

Wilson said they wanted the celebration to reflect their easy connection. "We wanted it to be special and beautiful, but really welcoming and comfortable for our guests," she said. "We tried not to take ourselves too seriously."

Being from Louisiana, she added Cajun flair with a 12-piece jazz band called Rebirth and a Cajun meal from chefs at her bar, Bell Bottoms Up.

Wilson wore a custom Oscar de la Renta gown adorned with tiny Japanese cherry blossom appliques around the halter-style neckline and scattered throughout the dress. "The cherry blossom represents living in the moment, and that’s exactly what we did," she said.

Hodges wore a dark green bespoke suit by D. Lacquaniti, a custom gold bolo decorated with green stones, cufflinks and a hat pin by Mud Lowery, custom boots by Wilson's brand Golden West Boots, and a Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat.

After the vows, the couple strolled hand in hand down the aisle to Raye’s song "Where Is My Husband," according to Vogue. The Rebirth Brass Band led the wedding party and guests in a second line march, a New Orleans wedding tradition, to the cocktail hour. "It was so lovely to have that touch of my home in Louisiana up here in Tennessee," Wilson said.

The group later did a second line march to the reception inside the cave. "My mama led the dinner prayer for all of our guests, and we settled in for a night of good food, good company, and good music," Wilson said. "Our family and friends know how to have a good time, and the dance floor was packed all night. To close out a perfect evening, Duck and I followed the band through a send-off line of sparklers and cheering loved ones, climbed into an old white Ford truck, and drove off!"

Wilson and Hodges met in 2021 after mutual friends set them up on a blind date in Nashville. "We went to a spot on the water in Nashville called Moby Dicky’s, and then we went to Silverado’s," Wilson told Vogue of their first date. "We’ve been pretty inseparable since."

The couple kept their relationship private before appearing together at the 2023 ACM Awards. Hodges proposed in February 2025. Wilson later said she was surprised. "So, I had talked myself into thinking he was going to do it that day," she said, captured on video by News Channel 5 Nashville. "And then I called my sister. I said, ‘He’s going to propose to me today.’ And she was like, 'I gotta go.' And then I talked myself out of it because I thought, 'Man, I sure would be upset if I talked myself into this and that don’t happen.'"

Hodges and Wilson had planned to visit the George Jones estate, listed by one of Hodges' friends, a real estate agent. They made a plan to stop by during the week after the 2025 Super Bowl.