The girl in every song Brantley Gilbert sings is now his wife. The 30-year-old country star tied the knot on Sunday with girlfriend Amber Cochran at his Georgia home, according to an article on Tuesday.
The Bottoms Up singer announced last October that he and Amber had gotten engaged after knowing each other for 10 years. School teacher Amber has inspired Brantley's hit songs More Than Miles and You Don't Know Her Like I Do. The singer explains that he and Cochran have known one another for 10 years, but they lost contact for five of those years because he was "going through some stuff and acting like an idiot." Cochran refused to be a part of his troublemaking, and while they weren't speaking, her father passed away."Me and her dad always had a cool little thing, like ... her mom knew I was trouble, and he did too, but we kind of joked around," Gilbert says. "We were buddies until the girls walked in, and then he had to be all serious."
Cochran's father was no longer alive when Gilbert wanted to propose, but the singer found a way to incorporate his memory though that song, showing his incredible thoughtfulness and heart.
"I wrote him a song and actually stopped by and saw him at the grave that day and put the song down, and that was my way of askin' for his blessing since I couldn't ask him for it," Gilbert explains. "I just kind of talked to him for a little bit and sang that song to her and asked her to marry me, and, my God, she said yes!" But that's not the only part of Gilbert's proposal that has our hearts aflutter. The 30-year-old country star was heavily involved in creating his fiancee's ring; in fact, he designed it himself.
"I put a black diamond on the band because black's kind of my thing," Gilbert admits. "So when I'm out on the road and she misses me, she can pull it close, and I'll be close." The happy couple is in the middle of planning the big day, and while Gilbert isn't interested in table linens, floral arrangements or party favors, he does has one wish for their wedding day.
