Gwen Stefani Says She 'Never Even Knew' Husband Blake Shelton 'Existed' Before She Met Him onThe Voice

Mar. 15, 2025

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton in October 2023.Photo:Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

BeforeGwen Stefanimet husbandBlake SheltononThe Voice— she had never heard of him!Speaking withThe Guardianfor an interview published Thursday, Nov. 14, the “Don’t Speak” musician, 55, was asked if she’d be open to making a country album with Shelton, 48, in the future. While Stefani has only dipped her toes into country music thus far — she’d be open to it.“I would love to,” she said, before revealing new details about their relationship.“I never listened to country music, so while Blake was super successful, I never even knew he existed before I met him,” Stefani explained.Stefani — who met Shelton in 2014 while coaching onThe Voice— then added that she loves “singing with him.““He’s very humble and doesn’t realize how good he is,” she said of the “God’s Country” singer, whom she married in 2021. “There’s something so attractive about that.“On Friday, Nov. 15, Stefani released her fourth studio album,Bouquet. On the album, she unpacks the aftermath of her 2016divorcefrom Bush rockerGavin Rossdale, 59, and shares the joy she’s found in building a new life for Shelton and herthree sonsKingston, 18,Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 10.“The last four years of my life, I got engaged, thenI got marriedand started my life over,” Stefanirecently told PEOPLE.“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl is to be married and have this love that I saw my parents have and have babies. That dream was completely ruined; it was crushed, and I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and make a new dream,” she added. “And God putting Blake in my life was just that miracle.“Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton on ‘The Voice’.Trae Patton/NBC/GettyThe album includes an upbeat duet with Shelton called"Purple Irises,“which they performed live at the2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.Though Stefani is relatively new to the country scene, she did make herGrand Ole Opry debutalongside Shelton in 2022. Together, they performed their duets “Nobody but You” and “Happy Anywhere.““I’m so nervous, I’m so excited, this is one of those things that you don’t dream about if you’re me — and then all of a sudden I’m here with Blake Shelton,” Stefani said to the crowd. “It’s a miracle, I’m so grateful, thank you so much.”

BeforeGwen Stefanimet husbandBlake SheltononThe Voice— she had never heard of him!

Speaking withThe Guardianfor an interview published Thursday, Nov. 14, the “Don’t Speak” musician, 55, was asked if she’d be open to making a country album with Shelton, 48, in the future. While Stefani has only dipped her toes into country music thus far — she’d be open to it.

“I would love to,” she said, before revealing new details about their relationship.

“I never listened to country music, so while Blake was super successful, I never even knew he existed before I met him,” Stefani explained.

Stefani — who met Shelton in 2014 while coaching onThe Voice— then added that she loves “singing with him.”

“He’s very humble and doesn’t realize how good he is,” she said of the “God’s Country” singer, whom she married in 2021. “There’s something so attractive about that.”

On Friday, Nov. 15, Stefani released her fourth studio album,Bouquet. On the album, she unpacks the aftermath of her 2016divorcefrom Bush rockerGavin Rossdale, 59, and shares the joy she’s found in building a new life for Shelton and herthree sonsKingston, 18,Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 10.

“The last four years of my life, I got engaged, thenI got marriedand started my life over,” Stefanirecently told PEOPLE.

“Something that I wanted since I was a little girl is to be married and have this love that I saw my parents have and have babies. That dream was completely ruined; it was crushed, and I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and make a new dream,” she added. “And God putting Blake in my life was just that miracle.”

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton on ‘The Voice’.Trae Patton/NBC/Getty

Trae Patton/NBC/Getty

The album includes an upbeat duet with Shelton called"Purple Irises,“which they performed live at the2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Though Stefani is relatively new to the country scene, she did make herGrand Ole Opry debutalongside Shelton in 2022. Together, they performed their duets “Nobody but You” and “Happy Anywhere.”

“I’m so nervous, I’m so excited, this is one of those things that you don’t dream about if you’re me — and then all of a sudden I’m here with Blake Shelton,” Stefani said to the crowd. “It’s a miracle, I’m so grateful, thank you so much.”

source: people.com