Love’s a wild thing! Kacey Musgraves found her match in poet Cole Schafer after her split from Ruston Kelly — and their relationship continues to grow stronger.
“He did not know who I was, which I loved,” the “Breadwinner” songstress recalled to The New York Times in August 2021 of meeting her beau in a crowded restaurant. “A handful of grown men come out, and they’re sweating trying to keep up with you on the sidewalk. It feels very predatory.”
Musgraves’ sweet remarks about Schafer came two months after they were first spotted together in New York City. As their relationship developed, the Honey Copy founder couldn’t help but gush about the Grammy nominee while celebrating her birthday.
“Here’s to you looking to your right when you stepped into F***,” he captioned a series of Instagram photos in August 2021. “Here’s to you writing me back. Here’s to your jawline that chaps my lips and your hair I can’t keep my hands out of. Here’s to your aesthetic and your art being a close second to your heart. Here’s to you making it through thirty-two and here’s to you making history in thirty-three. It’s been so damn pretty falling for you, Kacey. 
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Several months later, Musgraves returned the favor and penned her own loving tribute for the Quarantine Dreams author’s birthday.
“Happiest birthday to my Capricorn twin flame partner-in-crime,” the country singer captioned a series of Instagram Stories in January 2022. “My southern Indiana angel boy. My favorite sexy-ass coffee companion and magic maker. You’re able to be goofy as f—k and also genuinely someone who is *actually* making this world [sic] a better place to exist. Also your cooking turns me on. Celebrating you today and every day.”
She added in her social media upload: “Thank you for supporting me and loving me the way you do. It is unmatched. May everyone else be blessed with a tiny crumb of your big d—k energy today.”
Before finding love with the Nashville resident, Musgraves was married to Kelly, a fellow country artist. The pair tied the knot in October 2017 and called it quits three years later.
“We believe that we were put into each other’s lives for a divine reason and have both changed each other infinitely for the better,” the exes noted in a joint statement to the Associated Press in July 2020. “The love we have for each other goes far beyond the relationship we’ve shared as husband and wife. It’s a soul connection that can never be erased.”
Following her split, the “Rainbow” musician was briefly linked to Nashville-based doctor Gerald Onuoua. In April 2021, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Musgraves was “trying not to get too far ahead of herself,” but was “happy” spending time with Onuoua.
Scroll below to relive Musgraves’ romance timeline with Schafer:
The couple first sparked dating speculation after they were photographed holding hands and hugging in New York City. Wise Owl/MEGA
Shortly after the duo were spotted together, the writer — who uses the pen name January Black — seemingly made their love Instagram official, captioning a Polaroid snap, “I’m trying like hell not to write about her.” Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Schafer said it was “so damn pretty falling for” the “Space Cowboy” singer in a glowing birthday message. Musgraves, for her part, replied to his social media post: “Sweet angel boo. 🖤 Life is so much prettier with you in it.” Courtesy Cole Schafer/Instagram
One month later, the couple posed for a sweet Instagram snap, with the singer simply captioning it, “Him." Matt Baron/Shutterstock
The duo cohosted a "Teddy Bear Ball" to donate stuffed animals to patients at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Schafer gushed over “my girl” in a sweet Instagram post about the event, writing, "Kacey made the magic happen. And I stood back, mesmerized, at what could be created in just a few short weeks with a handful of talented people going after something bigger than themselves.” Greg Chow/Shutterstock
“Stunning. Steadfast. You: The zen in the middle of the chaos. You: the ball of light that stopped me in my tracks the night I walked in that room. You: lover of heart-to-heart conversations and food that touches your soul,” Musgraves wrote via Instagram in a lengthy tribute to her beau for his birthday. “You: the person I can wake up randomly in the middle of the night with and bust out laughing with and then fall asleep again with and then savor that first cup of coffee the next morning with.” She continued in her post: “I learn so much from you. You’re a teacher and a treasure, and your 28 Earth years have nothing on your spiritual years. You walk the f—king walk and that’s why you’re so deeply admired and respected. … I thank my stars every day that you exist and that I get to be loved by a man like you. Cheers to this year being even more gorgeous than the last.” Courtesy Kacey Musgraves/Instagram
“I don’t really want to keep things private, because I’m proud of the love that I have,” the musician told Time during her Women of the Year interview. “I’m very happy. It’s natural to want to share that. And I don’t want to come across like a robot — I think people like me because I share who I am. But you also have to remember that you are under a magnifying glass, and it can get picked apart.” Courtesy of Kacey Musgraves/Instagram
The country singer stepped out in New York City with her beau one day prior to making their red carpet debut as a couple at the Met Gala. Diggzy/Jesal/Shutterstock
“Are we Disney adults?” Musgraves asked her Instagram followers after spending the day at Disneyland with her man. Courtesy of Kacey Musgraves/Instagram
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