Today, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are one of music’s most beloved couples, celebrating three years of marriage. But according to Gwen, their fairytale almost never began.
In a recent interview with People, Stefani opened up about how close she came to walking away from her relationship with Shelton before it even had time to grow. “We had just met, and it was chaos,” she admitted. “Our lives were in pieces. Nothing felt stable. I honestly thought, ‘This can’t be anything. We’re both too broken.’”
In 2015, Gwen had just finalized her divorce from Gavin Rossdale, while Blake was reeling from his split with Miranda Lambert. The two met as coaches on The Voice, bonding quietly behind the scenes over heartbreak. But the timing felt too messy, and Gwen tried to pull back. “I told him, ‘This is crazy. I can’t even talk to you right now. I’ve got enough to deal with,’” she recalled.
But love, as it often does, found a way — through music.
Blake sent Gwen an unfinished song, “Go Ahead and Break My Heart,” asking if she’d help him finish it. She did — writing her verse and texting it back. It was the start of something neither of them expected. “We wrote our first song without even being in the same room,” Gwen said. “It was personal. Honest. It was us.”
That vulnerable moment rekindled their connection. “I think he really wanted to impress me,” Gwen said with a laugh. “And songwriting has always been where I feel the most alive.”
From that song came something even bigger — trust, healing, and eventually love. The couple made their relationship public later that year, got engaged in 2020, and said “I do” in 2021.
Looking back, Gwen sees it as more than chance. “After my first marriage ended, I felt like my dream of a family was shattered,” she shared. “I had to imagine a whole new future. And then God gave me Blake. It really was a miracle.”
