💔 Reba McEntire Lost Her 26-Year Marriage And Her Business Team At 60 Then Said Yes Again At 69 💍

The ring arrived on Christmas Eve in Tennessee, a custom piece created in Austin with a rose gold band and a black diamond because Reba McEntire never cared for traditional stones. She was 69 when Rex Linn proposed and she said yes to a man she had known for more than three decades.

That moment almost never came. Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock ended their 26-year marriage in 2015, and she lost more than a husband. Blackstock had guided her career for decades, and the business team remained on his side after the split. Reba later admitted that the divorce was not her idea and that she never wanted it.

“The divorce was not my idea,” she said. “I didn’t want it in any shape, form or fashion.”

For most of her career, her only responsibility had been to step onstage and perform while others handled the contracts, phone calls, and daily decisions. After the divorce, all of that fell to her. She has described the period as terrifying, but it forced her to learn her own company from the inside and find confidence in a voice that had nothing to do with singing.

The surprising part is that Rex Linn was never a stranger. He met Reba in 1991 on the set of a western project called The Gambler Returns, and their paths crossed warmly over the years without becoming a public romance. Then 2020 changed the rhythm of everything. With Reba concerned about her mother’s health and the world forced into slower days, Rex reached out in a simple way. Phone calls and long texts turned into something deeper, and by June 2020 they finally saw each other again in person.

Their love story moved at its own patient pace. Rex has said work comes first in their busy lives, while Reba has compared the feeling to being young and giddy again. On Christmas Eve 2024, he proposed on a Tennessee ranch. By then, the ring, the setting, and the timing all felt like the closing chapter of a story that had been waiting quietly in the background for decades.

“Work comes first,” Rex has said, while Reba says she feels like a teenager again.

As of mid-2026, the couple is still engaged and still balancing music, film, and life together. They have not chosen a wedding date, and the lack of pressure seems to suit them. At 60, Reba McEntire lost a marriage, a business team, and the career structure she trusted. At 69, she stands on her own and still chose to say yes again. That may be the truest measure of how far she has come.