In case you didn’t know …Brett Youngis officiallya married man!
The country star, 37, wedlongtime love Taylor Mills, 31, on Saturday at theBighorn Golf Clubin Palm Desert, California in front of more than 200 of their closest friends and family, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.
“Being able to be best friends with a person you’re going to spend the rest of your life with is the most important thing,” says the “Mercy” singer about his bride, whom he met more than 10 years ago in Arizona. “She has a very pure, kind heart.”
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“We chose people in terms of performers that are really important to us and are close friends,” says Mills. Adds Young: “If everybody in the country music family could’ve been there, we would’ve asked them all to sing!”
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Next up, the couple are jetting off to a beachy honeymoon before heading back to Nashville, where Young will receive the ASCAP country songwriter-artist of the year honor ahead of the CMA Awards, where he is nominated for new artist of the year. In the midst of a busy touring schedule, the two are looking forward to starting a family sooner than later.
“We’ve been together for a long time and we do want kids soon,” says Young, who is heading out on his headlining “Here Tonight” run later this month beforehitting the roadwithKelsea Balleriniafter his sophomore album,Ticket to L.A., drops on Dec. 7. “This is the beginning of our life together, and I’m excited to say husband and wife!”
For all the details onBrett Youngand Taylor Mills' wedding, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
