Reba McEntire and longtime love Rex Linn are getting married!

The couple’s engagement was confirmed after an E! News reporter referred to them as fiancés on the red carpet at the 2025 Emmy Awards on Sunday (Sept. 14).

A rep for the country legend later confirmed the happy news to People .

McEntire, 70, and Linn, 68, have been dating since 2020 — but their connection goes back much further, all the way to the early '90s.

From Co-Stars to Soulmates

The "Fancy" singer and Linn first met in 1991 while filming The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw , a TV movie starring Kenny Rogers.

At the time, they were just co-stars — but that early friendship planted a seed.

Decades later, they reconnected during a difficult chapter in the country icon’s life.

“In 2020, when Mama go

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