Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.Photo:Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram
Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram
John B. is bringing it toKelsea Ballerini’s hometown.
On Tuesday, the country star took a trip to her native Knoxville, Tennessee with boyfriendChase Stokesin tow and documented the visit via herInstagram Stories— including a cute selfie of the pair.
During the trip, Ballerini shared photos of her alma mater Central High School, showing off a banner featuring the school’s Bobcats mascot as well as a mural ofDolly Parton.
“a heart fillin 24 hours at home,” the 29-year-old “Blindsided” singer-songwriter captioned a photo of a menu at Litton’s Market Restaurant & Bakery in Knoxville.
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram
She then posted a picture of herself holding hands with Stokes as they walked through the Bobcats' football field, referencing the 30-year-old actor’sOuter Bankscharacter John B. Routledge in the caption.
“don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it,” wrote Ballerini. “BRINGITONHOMEJOHNB”
She concluded the Instagram Stories walk down memory lane with a photo of her overlooking the football field alongside the caption, “go bobcats.”
Ballerini and Stokes have been linked since January, when the Netflix star posted a photo of them getting cozy at aGeorgia vs. TCU gameat SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Kelsea Ballerini.Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram
In April, theywalked their first red carpet as a coupleas they attended the CMT Awards, where Ballerini co-hosted alongsideKane Brown. The two were all smiles as they hugged it out on the red carpet.
Stokes later commented on one of Ballerini’sInstagramphoto dumps. “I really ❤️ u,” he wrote.
A few weeks ago, the “Peter Pan” performer seemed to reveal that she’s working on a deluxe version of her recentRolling Up the Welcome MatEP, which chronicled the end of her marriage to ex-husbandMorgan Evans. (The pair’s divorce was finalized in November.)
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.Kevin Mazur/Getty
One of her followers asked, “RUTWM deluxe!!?” to which she responded with a photo of herself smiling while wearing headphones and holding a microphone, hinting that she’s recording new music.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Ballerini spoke about being an “open book,” a quality that served her well as she wrote the EP about the “turmoil” of her divorce.
“I feel like I’m playing catch up, really, sinceRolling Up theWelcome Matcame out because I put out a proper record calledSubject to Changein September, and that was an album that I spent two years on, and then obviously, I had a lot of life go on,” she said. “I wrote about it ‘cause that’s what I’ve always done since I was a kiddo.”
She also explained that her latest project marked “the first time that I got back to a filterless way of making music.”
source: people.com
