Kelsea Ballerini she doesn’t need her man to do the Grammy 2026 red carpet a moment to remember.
“Look at my back! I’m so obsessed with (my dress),” Ballerini, 32, shared with Live From E!: Grammys on Sunday, February 1, about her country chic look for the evening. “I love it so much. I feel like a princess, so thank you Etro.”
For music’s biggest nightthe country singer turned heads for all the right reasons in a custom Etro dress with Jimmy Choo shoes and Sabyasachi jewelry.
stylists Mariel Haen i Rob Zangardi combine the look while styling Chris Appleton and makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan Fisher provides glam.
“(Etro) sent me sketches last November and they’ve been working on it for a while,” Ballerini revealed. “I’m glad to be here.”
Us Weekly exclusively confirmed in January that Ballerini had reconciled with ex Chase Stokes in time for the new year.
While celebrating his Best Contemporary Country Album nomination for patternsthe “Cowboys Cry Too” singer said she was doing her best to keep her life on the private side.
“Right now, I’m back to my real life,” he said. “I’m not writing. I’ve always been a chronic exaggerator and I think, for the first time, I’m 32 and I’m reigning it in. I think my life could be my life for a while.”
One thing Ballerini can’t help but talk about is how proud she is to be part of a country landmark at the Grammys. During this year’s show, awards will be presented in the Best Contemporary Country Album and Best Traditional Country Album categories.
“This album means a lot to me,” said Ballerini while celebrating her nomination patterns. “The fact that it’s the first time country music has split the category … I think it’s really important to show the expansion of country music and the evolution of country music. To be a part of that is an honor.”
Music aside, Ballerini and Stokes, 33, appear to be enjoying a second chapter in their love story in 2026.
New Year’s Eve 2025, the Foreign Banks the actor reflected on the past and what is to come.
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes navigated many ups and downs in their two-year relationship. The country singer and the Outer Banks star were first linked in January 2023 after they were spotted together at the College Football Playoff National Championship in Los Angeles. Thank you! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a (…)
“Something I’ve learned this year: don’t take advantage of the most beautiful things that in 33 years of life are fleeting,” she wrote via Instagram with a photo of Ballerini. “Accountability, learn from mistakes. Lean into love and say it often. 2026 my year of growth, my year of truth. Starting here, starting now.”
Ballerini had her own personal message that night, reflecting her year of change.
“Messy year for the heart, messy year for the entrance of the outside, messy year for the way it became a portrait that slipped out of our hands.” said its title. “But what I will say, and all I really care to share indefinitely with my personal life, is that I love love. I believe in it, I believe in it, and I believe in breaking patterns. Now go kiss your person and stop speculating.”