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Jordan Davis and his wife were both attending separate weddings when they met in New Orleans, Louisiana. “Next Thing You Know,” they’re married with three kids.
The “Buy Dirt” star reflected on the day he met his wife in the lobby of a New Orleans hotel, where he was in town for his college roommate’s wedding. His wife, Kristen O’Connor, was also in town for a wedding, and although she was dating someone else at the time, she and her now-husband kept in contact and they began dating when she became single shortly after they met. Davis reflected on the story via his record label:
“My college roommate was getting married in New Orleans. My wife was in New Orleans for a totally separate wedding. Both wedding parties were staying at the same hotel, so we met, the first time, in the lobby of the hotel. I’m actually wearing a necklace that has the coordinates to that hotel. Then the next day, me and my brother walk into a bar in New Orleans, and her and her friends were sitting in the corner, and I was like, ‘Hey, that’s the girl from the lobby.’ She was actually dating somebody at the time. But we kind of exchanged numbers and stayed in contact, and about two months later, a month later, she came into town for CMA Music Fest and told me that she no longer had a boyfriend, and here we are.”
Davis married his wife in March 2017. They’ve since welcomed three children together, beginning with daughter Eloise in 2019, followed by son Locklan in 2021 and son Elijah in 2023. Though Davis is currently on his “Damn Good Time World Tour,” he shared the unexpected Valentine's Day tradition he and his wife have shared for years.
“When it comes to Valentines, Kristen is way more romantic than I am. I’m not a very romantic guy. I have worked on it,” Davis admitted ahead of Valentine’s Day on Wednesday (February 14). “I’ve tried to get a little bit better over the years. Kristen loves chocolate so she’s good for a big chocolate box, but here’s our thing about Valentine’s Day, and this is the God’s honest truth. We’ve been going to Olive Garden on Valentine’s Day since we met. We’ve continued that tradition. I think it started with her and a friend, they used to always go to Olive Garden on Valentine’s Day before they started dating, or before they got in a relationship. So, we have carried that out, so this year will be our, I believe our eighth Valentines in a row where we go in for endless salad and bread sticks. So, if it’s Valentine’s Day, and you’re at an Olive Garden, we could be next to each other. So, yeah, hope to see somebody out there at the table next to us just hammering on some breadsticks,” he said with a laugh.”So, happy Valentine’s.”