Lauren Alaina announced that she and boyfriend Cameron Arnold are engaged. Alaina wrote via Instagram on Sunday, November 20:  “BRIDE be dang’d, y’all. My best friend, @arnold.cam, asked me to marry him, and I announced it at my favorite place in the world, @opry.  I didn’t know happiness and excitement like this existed. I can’t wait to be Mrs. Cameron Scott Arnold.”

The 28-year-old Alaina debuted her romance with Arnold in August 2021, and the happy couple celebrated their engagement news during her concert at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Saturday, November 19.  During her performance, Alaina flashed her engagement ring and said: “I didn’t think this year could get any better, and yesterday, I got asked into another family. After he proposed to me, I said, ‘You have to come out on this stage at the Grand Ole Opry!’ Make some noise for my future husband, everybody!”  Arnold then joined Alaina on the stage before she resumed performing, adding, “He did not want to do that… He likes to be in the shadows, and he was like, ‘You’re not making me come out there,’ and I said, ‘You are not, not getting a picture in the circle.’ So, we negotiated, and he came out for the picture.”

Alaina was previously engaged to high school boyfriend Alex Hopkins in July 2018. but the former couple broke up in January 2019. Shortly after, Alaina dated comedian John Crist, before they split in September 2019.

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