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Kelsea Ballerini<\/a><\/strong> has been opening up about her romance with Outer Banks<\/em> hunk Chase Stokes<\/strong><\/a> and a source exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em> a wedding and babies are high on the agenda as they look to the next phase of their three-year relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe more Kelsea gets to know Chase, the more she loves him,\u201d the insider says. \u201cHe\u2019s just so thoughtful and sweet, and super solid. She loves that he wants to work on things, that\u2019s the kind of life partner she wants.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Grammy-nominated country star, 31, began dating the Netflix heartthrob, 32, not long after finalizing her divorce from Australian singer Morgan Evans<\/strong> in November 2022. After ending her five-year marriage due to \u201cirreconcilable differences,\u201d Kelsea, who tends to be very open with her fans via social media, gave an update:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always tried my best to share my life with you in a real and vulnerable way, while also protecting layers of my personal life as they unfold. This is now public record so I wanted you to hear from me directly that I am going through a divorce,\u201d she wrote on her Instagram Story. \u201cThis deeply difficult decision is the result of a journey of love, growth, and effort that ultimately has come to an end.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n With the painful split behind her, the \u201cCowboys Cry Too\u201d singer first started getting cozy with Chase as early as January 2023, with the two snapped attending the Georgia vs. TCU game together that month. Their relationship took off after that, appearing in each other\u2019s socials more and more frequently before they went official as a couple in April of that year.<\/span><\/p>\n The source notes that after two years together, both Chase and Kelsea are open about planning their next steps and aren\u2019t shying away from committing to spending the rest of their lives together.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey talk about everything<\/a>,\u201d the insider reveals. \u201cCommunication is something they are both big on. That\u2019s why they are mapping out their future now, making sure they are on the same page about where they want to live, how they want to raise their future kids, even what kind of wedding they both want.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All this talk of major milestones certainly hints at upcoming nuptials and a family<\/a>, but more important than anything for the country singer is making sure she applies the lessons she suffered to severely to learn from her the implosion of her first marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n