Reba McEntire, Boyfriend Rex Linn’s Relationship Timeline

Reba McEntire and Rex Linn first crossed paths 30 years before they started dating.

McEntire met the actor while shooting 1991’s The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw but didn’t pursue a romance until January 2020.

“We’ve kept in contact with each other over the years, and we both know the same people, so it was just like good friends getting back together having dinner in January,” she explained on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in November 2020. “And then we started texting and talking on the telephone, getting to know each other better during the quarantine.”

The singer was previously married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987 and music manager Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015. She shares son Shelby, born in 1990, with Blackstock.

The Reba alum made things red carpet official with Linn during fall 2020 and the pair have been showing off their love ever since.

Scroll through to see a timeline of their romance: