Over the past few months, the former soccer player has posted several tweets praising the country star’s music – and now they’re dating
Lainey Wilson has a “heart like a truck” for Devlin “Duck” Hodges.
The country star marked his first red carpet with the former Pittsburgh Steelers player ahead of the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, and PEOPLE can confirm the pair are dating.
Wilson, 30, wore a flowing all-green look with a cape, feathered shoulders and his signature bell-bottom pants paired with a green-rimmed hat, while Hodges, 27, donned a relaxed blue suit with a white shirt , a bolo tie and cream cowboy hat.
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Over the past few months, Hodges has posted several tweets praising Wilson’s music. “Lainey Wilson damn she’s so good,” he wrote on Twitter in April.
The same month he replied to a tweet from iHeartCountry that featured photos of several country musicians alongside the question, “What DMs are you sneaking into?”
“Lainey Wilson…literally,” Hodges wrote.
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At the end of the month, Wilson and his band wore Steelers jerseys with Hodges’ name and number on them during a performance – sending the athlete into a tailspin. “Did she really do it?!?! You’re lying!!!! @laineywilson holla at me!!!” he writingresponding to a fan who informed him of the moment.
“That’s me hollerin’,” Wilson repliedto which Hodges writing back, “OH.MY.GOD hello.”
“SHOOT MY SHOT!” Hodges too tweeted the same day.
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In total, Wilson was up for six awards at this year’s ACM Awards, including Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for bell bottom countrysingle of the year for “Heart Like a Truck” as well as song of the year, visual media of the year and musical event of the year for “wait in the truck” with HARDY.
She won Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Visual Media of the Year, and Music Event of the Year.
In an interview with PEOPLE last year, she opened up about all the success she’s had lately. “You know, I thought a lot of opportunities were going to come my way throughout my career,” the artist said. “I had no idea that once I really put my feet up it was going to be so many opportunities and look like this.”
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards airs live from The Star’s Ford Center in Frisco, Texas on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT and streamed live exclusively on Prime Video.
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