Lainey Wilson married Devlin “Duck” Hodges in May 2026 in a ceremony that leaned into the couple’s story from the start. The wedding took place on Sunday, May 10, at Ruskin Cave in Dickson, Tennessee, on a cobblestone ledge at the foot of a waterfall, with Wilson arriving in a white horse-drawn carriage before walking down the aisle with her Deddy to meet Hodges at the altar.
The details around the wedding, and the earlier proposal, were intimate and carefully chosen. Wilson said Duck proposed in February 2025 on the doorstep of George Jones’s estate in Franklin, Tennessee, and set it up with rose petals and pictures of the two of them from the last five years. “We love George Jones, and he knew it would mean a lot to me to do it right there on George’s front porch,” Wilson said. She and Hodges had been set up on a blind date in 2021, and the couple was engaged after four years of dating.
The wedding itself followed that same personal thread. Wilson said the pair chose Ruskin Cave after driving Tennessee backroads and spotting a billboard for the site. “Duck said, ‘You wanna get married there?’ I said, ‘Done deal,’” she said. “We wanted it to be special and beautiful, but really welcoming and comfortable for our guests.”
The setting did the rest. “You could hear the water trickling down and birds singing, and we had a nice spring breeze,” Wilson said. She added that the couple “tried not to take ourselves too seriously,” even as the day carried clear weight for both of them. They took communion together in front of family and friends, and Wilson said, “I have never seen Duck smile as big as he did then.”
Wilson’s wedding look matched the mood. She wore a custom Oscar de la Renta design with tiny Japanese cherry blossoms around the neckline and scattered throughout, a detail she said reflected living in the moment. “The cherry blossom represents living in the moment, and that’s exactly what we did,” she said. Hodges wore a bespoke suit by D. Lacquaniti, along with a custom bolo, cufflinks and a hat pin created with Mud Lowery, plus custom boots by Golden West Boots and a cowboy hat by Charlie 1 Horse. The ceremony was officiated by Wilson’s friend and mentor Wes Williams.
Music and food were part of the celebration’s texture, not its add-on. Wilson said, “Being from Louisiana, I wanted to bring in a little bit of Cajun flair, so naturally we hired a 12-piece jazz band called Rebirth and had a Cajun meal from the chefs at my bar, Bell Bottoms Up.” The couple worked with Hugh Howser and Kate Steele of H Three Events on the planning, and Wilson said the day left her “giddy about turning the page into this next chapter of marriage.” By the end of it, the Lainey Wilson engagement ring details matter less than the larger picture: this was a wedding built to feel like them, from the front porch proposal to the waterfall vows, and both were eager for it. “We were both anxious to say ‘I do!’” she said.
