A Timeline of Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton’s Relationship

Stefani joined Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams and of course, Shelton, on The Voice‘s season 7 coaching panel in 2014.

Stefani posts her first picture with Shelton, a selfie captioned “[heart] him.” https://www.instagram.com/p/v2EKNcOLb7

The stars call it quits after a four-year reign as one of country music’s hottest couples. With heavy hearts, they announced, “We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.”

After 13 years together, the rocker couple ended their marriage soon after Shelton and Lambert. Their joint statement read, “While the two of us have come to the mutual decision that we will no longer be partners in marriage, we remain partners in parenthood and are committed to jointly raising our three sons in a happy and healthy environment.”

The pair lean on each other during mutual hard times, relating through the struggle of divorce. https://www.instagram.com/p/BLzJq6cDojw

Stefani and Shelton appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and perform a duet rendition of Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” The performance is packed with chemistry and perhaps some tension in Gwen’s voice on the lyric “late night when you need my love.”

Later that month, the are-they-or-aren’t-they couple is reportedly spotted at George Clooney’s Halloween celebration before heading over to Jared Leto’s. A source told E! News the pair was holding hands and eventually left together.

A rep for Shelton finally confirms the romance, saying, “Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating.” Stefani later told Ryan Seacrest, “To be super honest, it is kind of crazy we both went through the same thing at the same time,” adding that they bonded through their divorces.

Oklahoma native Shelton gives Stefani a horse for her birthday. Perks of dating a cowboy. Shelton told ET, “I got her a horse and I got myself a horse at the same time. Gwen, she loves riding and she loves horses. It’s actually so funny that people are so shocked by that, but if you can name me one girl on the planet that doesn’t love horses or just thinks that they are beautiful.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BA7pBV9OLQ-

Gwen and Blake finally make their public debut as a couple at the Vanity Fair 2016 Oscars afterparty. Gwen performed at the event and wowed in red.

Blake and Gwen beamed in love during a sweet performance of “Go Ahead and Break My Heart” at the BBMAs. They ended the song hand in hand.

Shelton opened up about heartbreak and new love in his cover story interview, revealing, “Gwen saved my life. Who else on earth could understand going through a high-profile divorce from another musician? You can’t even imagine the similarities in our divorces.”

Ellen asks Gwen point blank about wedding plans, and the smitten singer simply giggles along, saying, “I’ll let you know.”

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Gwen talks about Shelton’s love of the woods and all things camo, plus taking him to Disneyland. She gushes through the entire interview, and it’s cute.

Levine told Howard Stern the couple was “so in love it’s disgusting.” The Maroon 5 singer added, “It’s so funny. They found each other at really interesting times in their lives. It’s really beautiful. Because it’s in the public eye, a lot of people want to have their own bulls–t opinions about it, but I’m, like, there. I see it every day. I have a pretty unique perspective on it, and it’s real, man.”

After her beau earned People‘s Sexiest Man Alive title, Stefani told Ellen Degeneres, “He doesn’t even like to do a photo shoot. You can never convince him to do it. So he just called me like, ‘They want me to do this.’ And I was like, ‘You should totally do it! You’re so sexy!’”

The couple unites for a cheerful performance of their duet “You Make It Feel Like Christmas.” They stare into each other’s eyes and look so in love, it hurts.

Gwen sits down with Ellen and admits that she thinks about getting married all the time. Hint-hint, Blake.

Before kicking off her Las Vegas residency, Shelton caught his girlfriend rehearsing and shouted her praises on X. She responded with the hashtag, #Bestboyfriendever.

OMG just seeing this now!! I love you! ❤️ #Bestboyfriendever #favoriteperson gx🙏🏻 https://t.co/zoCsH4nezn

— Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) June 15, 2018

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On opening night of the residency, Gwen posted an adorable photo series featuring youngest son Zuma snuggled on Blake’s lap.

In an interview with In Style, Gwen admits that her look is more feminine than ever before. She adds, “It’s probably because I’m super in love and have a really manly man. I enjoy letting that part of me come out.”

The video for the titular song off Stefani’s holiday album finds the couple celebrating the holidays together by jamming together in classic formal attire. Children dressed like Santa back them up with jazzy instruments and fun dance moves.

In the midst of his national tour, the country star picked up a copy of Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Stefani’s 2004 solo debut album after an audience member hurled it onto the stage.

“She is awesome! And hot!” he declared. He then pulled the record close to his face and planted a kiss on the cover. “I haven’t seen her in a couple weeks, so…”

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“Happy b day to my favorite human!!! Can’t believe your mine,” Stefani wrote alongside a throwback snap of Shelton on Instagram. “#soooooolucky!!!! Gx #2019 #gemini #greatestguyiknow thank u shedd aquarium Chicago for an amazing unexpected b day tour!!!”

Stefani sat in the coach’s chair for season 17 of The Voice alongside Shelton. It was the first time both had been judges since their romance ignited on the show in 2015. In a teaser for the season, Stefani eggs Shelton on, saying: “You wanna fight, Blakey?” to which Shelton responds, “I’m gonna pay for this at home!”

💥boom💥 here we go! It’s on @blakeshelton @kellyclarkson @johnlegend! 😘 @nbcthevoice premieres September 23 gx #lovethisshow #teamgwen #thevoice pic.twitter.com/XP9DaxEGAG

— Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) August 15, 2019

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The “Hollaback Girl” singer stopped by SiriusXM to discuss why she loves working with her partner with Andy Cohen. “He’s so good at the show, I mean, he’s just so magical,” Stefani gushed to Cohen. “Blake is literally a unicorn. Like anywhere he goes, people are just attracted to him, and he’s such an incredible talent.”

But once upon a time, Stefani didn’t know he even existed on the same planet. “I can’t imagine before, I didn’t even know he existed, like before the show. I didn’t even know he was a human being on this planet, and I didn’t know much about country…. He is literally a country jukebox. He knows every single song forever, he’s incredible like that. But I just love that we’re so from different genres.”

For Stefani’s 50th birthday, Shelton took to X to express his love. “Happy Birthday @gwenstefani!!!! I love you so much it’s actually stupid… And possibly illegal in the state of California,” the country superstar tweeted.

Happy Birthday @gwenstefani!!!! I love you so much it’s actually stupid… And possibly illegal in the state of California.

— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) October 3, 2019

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The couple’s duet, featured on Shelton’s Fully Loaded: God’s Country album, finds Shelton singing about how he doesn’t want to look back in 30 years and find out who Stefani gets married to. “When you love someone they say set ‘em free/ But that ain’t gonna work for me,” the couple sing.

The song entered the streaming, airplay and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart at No. 9, awarding Shelton his 32nd top 10 and Stefani her first.

The couple performed “Nobody But You” at the Grammys, gazing into each other’s eyes as they sang. The performance ended with Shelton bowing down to the fellow Voice judge as she chuckled towards the audience.

As the world began to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shelton took the time away from in-person appearances to bring back his iconic mullet from the good ol’ days.

The country crooner took to X to provide a much-anticipated “quarantine mullet” update. He noted that Stefani “has decided to take it to the next level.. Stripes.”

Quarantine mullet update 3/26/2020… @gwenstefani has decided to take it to the next level.. Stripes. pic.twitter.com/XZJzWOoAd5

— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) March 26, 2020

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During ACM Presents: Our Country, the couple got in on the fun with an at-home performance recorded in Oklahoma. “We’re happy to be [here], hiding away from everybody doing what we’re supposed to do: drinking all day,” said Shelton, to which Stefani replied with a laugh, “Not me!”

“Nobody But You,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, and the couple could not contain their excitement. “Trying to wrap my head around the fact that I even get to know you Blake Shelton – let alone be on Such a beautiful classic duet w u?!,” Stefani wrote. “Thank you ! for taking me along on this ride with you!! I am so grateful and blown away by all the support everyone has shown us!!?!!”

“Not bad for your first try!!!!! Thank you all as well!!!” Shelton congratulated Stefani for her first country song going to No. 1 at country radio.

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that I even get to know you Blake Shelton 😍-let alone be on Such a beautiful classic duet w u?!🤯
thank you ! for taking me along on this ride with you!! I am so grateful and blown away by all the support everyone has shown us!!?!!😳🙏🏻
gx https://t.co/mhK0i9JZ3H

— Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) April 28, 2020

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Blake Shelton is “Happy Anywhere” in his next quarantine-inspired duet featuring Gwen Stefani. “Even though Gwen and I just had a single out we decided that, under the circumstances, this year… man, there’s never been a better time for ‘Happy Anywhere,'” Shelton said in a press release. “We’ve all been in quarantine and lockdown, and hopefully we’ve been doing that with somebody that we really love and enjoy being around. That’s what happened with Gwen and me this summer — and this entire year.”

Stefani shared a Photoshopped throwback picture on social media, replacing ex-husband Gavin Rossdale with longtime love Blake Shelton.

“#Datenight @acmawards w my boo @blakeshelton gx,” she captioned the photo, which featured her younger self wearing a black crop top with floral embroidery and victory rolls while a younger Shelton is pasted in next to her, wearing an oversized trench coat and long flowing locks under his black cowboy hat. Stefani had previously shared the original vintage photo featuring Rossdale on her Instagram feed back in Sept. 2014.

Shelton trusted Stefani to dye his hair once he realized he was going gray.

“We were on Jimmy’s show and I think I saw a picture back, and I turned my head to the side at some point, and it was just…. There was no more salt and pepper. It’s just salt,” he laughed during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  “And so I said, ‘Oh my God, when did this happen to me?'”

“So we ordered some Just For Men, and I tried that for a while. And I wasn’t doing it right, and … it had too much color. It was like blue or purple or something,” the “God’s Country” artist recalled. “So then she just said, ‘Let’s just do it right.’ … And I actually really liked it. I’m not opposed to having her color my hair again. I don’t care. If it makes her happy, I’m cool with it.”

To help celebrate the singer’s 51st birthday, Shelton shared a romantic message dedicated to her on Instagram.

“It’s a special day for a special lady in my life. Happy birthday @gwenstefani, I’d write a song for you every single day if I could…,” Shelton captioned a photo of the couple cozying up in a field. 

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Shelton said Stefani’s return in place of season 18 judge Nick Jonas is like getting the band back together.

“Having Gwen back is very comforting to all the coaches,” Shelton told ET from the socially-distanced set. “We were all able to just go back to the game we already knew. We all know how to play each other at this thing. It felt like the old gang got back together again, and we’re having a blast.”

After five years together, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram with matching photos of the No Doubt frontwoman holding up her hand to show up her sparkly new accessory as they kissed in what appeared to be a small church. “I heard a YES!” Shelton captioned his image.

In an interview with Today, Stefani opened up about the realities of getting married later in life. “There was a lot to consider when you have so many people involved: children, and their hearts, and everybody in my family, his family,” she said. “We all went through a lot together.

“I think in a romantic way, when you fall in love so hard and so unexpectedly and so late in your life … you think, ‘I want to marry you!’ That’s the first romantic reaction, like, ‘Let’s get married,'” she continued. “So we always talked about it, of course, and I think that as the years were going by, it didn’t need to happen. There was a lot of healing to do.”

Shelton didn’t just get a new partner when he married Stefani — he also got three new stepsons. On embracing his new role, the country star told KFRG FM: “I take it very serious, but I also have a blast with it. I don’t take it so serious that I’m not enjoying this time because I really am, especially now that we’re five years into this thing. I can’t imagine my life without these kids now.”

Following an eight-month engagement, Stefani and Shelton got married in Oklahoma over Fourth of July weekend in 2021.

A couple days later, the No Doubt frontwoman shared photos from their glamorous ceremony and reception on Instagram and wrote, “dreams do come true !!!”

Stefani led an entire concert crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to Shelton in honor of his 46th trip around the sun, presenting him with a cake onstage at one of his shows. “What a damn time we had.. also.. I love you @gwenstefani!!!!” the country crooner wrote on Instagram afterward.

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On their first marriage anniversary, both Stefani and Shelton celebrated with posts on Instagram. “Happy anniversary to the woman that makes my world go round…,” the groom wrote, while the bride shared a reel of wedding footage captioned, “1 year down, forever to go!”

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A little over a year after tying the knot, Shelton gushed about his new life with Stefani and her kids. “Look, I love music, and I love The Voice,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “I love all the cool things I get to do with my job, but those things all take a backseat now to Gwen and the kids and it’s just a new phase of my life.”

He also speculated what a young Shelton would have said if he had known Stefani was his future wife. “I would have probably said, ‘Are you talking about that girl that holds up the orange in her video?’” Shelton told the outlet. “‘Oh my god, she’s so hot, but why is she obsessed with this freaking orange, you know?’”

“It was one of those situations where I didn’t see it coming,” Stefani reflected on the early days of her romance with Shelton during a visit to The Drew Barrymore Show. “I was like, ‘I’m gonna wake up every day, I’m gonna have a coffee, I’m gonna take care of my kids and then I’m gonna go to bed.’ I’m never gonna kiss anyone. I thought my life was over and then Blake Shelton’s like, ‘Hey. I’m Blake Shelton.'”

“Finding a best friend, someone that is on the same plane when it comes to morals, or just the way you look at life, that’s the dream,” she added.

In October 2022, Shelton revealed that he would be leaving The Voice‘s panel of judges after 23 seasons, closing out his time with the show through which he met his wife. The change was emotional for Stefani, who told ET that December, “It’s mine and Blake’s last season… I can’t even get the words out of my mouth ’cause it sucks.

“I love being a coach, I love watching the contestants grow, I love having an impact, it’s super inspiring for me,” she added. “And then, on top of it, I meet my best friend here, that’s gonna be forever mine.”

While speaking about his family life with Stefani and her three boys, Shelton told People, “They’ve taught me something about myself that I never knew: I’m more than just a country singer or a goofy guy.

“I’m someone they actually lean on, and that’s not a responsibility that I ever had and not something that I ever considered even being into,” he continued, noting that he feels a “different kind of self-worth” around them. “Maybe it’s the opposite of self-worth because you put yourself way down on the rung, and they move up ahead of you.”

Stefani was there to support Shelton as he received the 2,755th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2023, giving a speech in front of a gathering their mutual The Voice costars Adam Levine and Carson Daly.

“The reason Blake Shelton is here today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is because you are part of the country dream, the Hollywood dream, and you are part of the American dream,” the “Just a Girl” musician said in her remarks. “And everybody knows you are my dream come true. I love you.”

Stefani simultaneously commemorated Shelton’s 47th birthday and Father’s Day with a post on Instagram in 2023, writing, “happy bday and fathers day, @blakeshelton <3 i love u more than anything.”

Just months after Shelton received his star, Stefani was also added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the ceremony, the “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” musician returned the favor and gave a speech in honor of his spouse.

“Standing here almost 10 years later after I first met her, I can say without question that being a mother is still the most important thing in her life,” he told the crowd. “And I gotta tell you all, that’s rare in this business. Today, it’s nice to see her honored for her side project, which is being one of the biggest stars in the world. In my opinion, Gwen is the perfect person to receive a star on the Walk of Fame. From music, television and movies to fashion and beauty, she has risen to the top over and over again, with her unique style that has made the world fall in love with her. Not as much as me, though.”

Shelton and Stefani again channeled their real-life chemistry into song with “Purple Irises,” a lovey-dovey country-pop ballad. “But if someone comes along and tries to love you like I love you/ Don’t know what I’d do/ Don’t want to lose you,” they sing on the track. “If someone comes along and tries to take you tries to make you/ Don’t let ’em change your mind/ Wonder why you took a risk/ On a broken heart you cannot fix/ No I never knew a love like this/ Now we’re pickin’ purple irises.”

Stefani stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Valentine’s Day 2024, so naturally, she had to share what her hubby got her for the occasion: a sparkly emerald ring surrounded by diamonds. “Usually I get amazing flowers, which I love, love, love, love,” she said. “This was just like a ‘Here you go.’ Love you Blakey!”

On July 3, 2024, Stefani commemorated her three-year wedding anniversary with Shelton with a sweet post on Instagram. “It has always been you,” she wrote, sharing a series of photos from their nuptials.

Shelton also shared a selfie with his spouse that same day, simply writing: “Happy anniversary @gwenstefani! I love you!!!!!!!”

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At 15 years old, Stefani’s son, Zuma, took the stage at Shelton’s Ole Red Tishomingo bar and live music venue in Oklahoma to test out his chops as a performer. Wearing a cowboy hat, the teenager played guitar and sang a cover of Zach Bryan’s “Revival.”