Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have become one of music\u2019s most beloved couples, sharing nearly a decade together filled with love, collaboration, and mutual support. But as Stefani recently revealed, their romance once seemed \u201cinconceivable\u201d\u2014a surprising notion given their very different musical worlds and career paths.<\/p>\n
In a resurfaced interview with Seth Meyers reflecting on her 2020 CMT Award win for the duet\u00a0\u201cNobody But You,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Stefani admitted she was \u201cshocked\u201d to find herself singing country music alongside Shelton. \u201cI also think about this a lot; I love to play this game with myself where I picture myself in my\u00a0Voice<\/em>\u00a0chair,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause I didn\u2019t know Blake Shelton existed before I went on that show.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of the award, the couple had been dating for about five years. Stefani described their initial connection as \u201cinconceivable,\u201d saying, \u201cIt was inconceivable that we would even know each other and be friends, let alone do music together.\u201d Despite the differences in their musical genres and backgrounds, she noted, \u201cWe have so many things that come together, and we\u2019re the same even with music.\u201d<\/p>\n Stefani and Shelton first crossed paths in 2014 as coaches on NBC\u2019s\u00a0The Voice<\/em>. Both experienced major personal changes shortly after\u2014going through divorces from their former spouses. Their relationship blossomed, and by November 2015, they confirmed they were dating. The couple sealed their bond with marriage in 2021.<\/p>\n Today, their partnership is a testament to how seemingly unlikely connections can flourish into enduring love, blending pop and country in both music and life. Gwen Stefani\u2019s reflections remind us that sometimes the most unexpected romances are the ones that surprise us the most\u2014and endure the longest.<\/p>\n Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have become one of music\u2019s most beloved couples, sharing nearly a decade together filled with love, collaboration, and mutual support. But as… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}