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Lainey Wilson and 'Duck' Hodges Reflect on Ruskin Cave Wedding at ACMs

Their red carpet remarks underscore a push to protect intimacy during a breakneck career.

Overview

  • Lainey Wilson married Devlin “Duck” Hodges on May 10 at Ruskin Cave in Dickson, Tennessee, with friend Wes Williams officiating as she arrived by white horse-drawn carriage at a waterfall ledge.
  • Speaking on the ACM Awards red carpet in Las Vegas on May 17, the couple said the first time they saw each other was the day’s most special moment and that the night felt like their own world.
  • Wilson wore a custom Oscar de la Renta gown created with stylist Alexandra Mandelkorn that featured tiny Japanese cherry blossoms meant to capture living in the moment.
  • She said they found a rare window between her Stagecoach headlining set and the ACM Awards to hold the ceremony, showing how she is fitting marriage into a packed tour schedule.
  • The newlyweds spent a few days in Sedona for their honeymoon before finishing in Las Vegas, capping a relationship that started in 2021, went public at the 2023 ACMs, and led to a February 2025 engagement.