<p id=”par-1_41″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/gwen-stefani/?swcfpc=1″>Gwen Stefani</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/blake-shelton/?swcfpc=1″>Blake Shelton’s</a> relationship took her fans by surprise. They believed the two <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/music/”>musicians</a> had too little in common to work romantically. Stefani admitted that the relationship also took her by surprise. She viewed the unexpectedness as a gift.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-gwen-stefani-said-her-relationship-with-blake-shelton-took-her-by-surprise”>Gwen Stefani said her relationship with Blake Shelton took her by surprise</h2>
<p id=”par-2_46″>Stefani and Shelton became involved while they were both coaches on <em>The Voice</em>. They had both recently <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/gwen-stefani-said-believe-happened-divorce-gavin-rossdale.html/”>ended their marriages</a>, and grew closer as they navigated their heartbreak. Stefani said she never expected to fall into such a meaningful relationship so soon after ending her marriage.</p>
<p id=”par-3_33″>“I didn’t see any of this coming with Blake,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://people.com/gwen-stefani-gets-candid-rock-stardom-motherhood-blake-shelton-cover-story-exclusive-7974935″ rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. “This was just a big old ‘What?’ It was an amazing gift to experience love like that for the first time.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Gwen-Stefani-Blake-Shelton-3.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Gwen Stefani poses for a photo with Blake Shelton at the Academy of Country Music Awards” class=”wp-image-3741994″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton | Jason Kempin/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_23″>While she was initially <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/gwen-stefani-told-blake-shelton-stop-texting-started-dating-happening.html/”>hesitant to jump</a> into a new relationship so quickly, she realized that it was a good fit for her.</p>
<p id=”par-5_27″>“He’s changed my life … when I [started dating] Blake, that’s when I felt home, like, ‘Oh, <em>this</em> is where I’m supposed to be, with this guy.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-they-bonded-over-their-divorces”>They bonded over their divorces</h2>
<p id=”par-6_39″>When Shelton <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/blake-shelton-said-gwen-stefanis-teary-reaction-divorce-announcement-surprised.html/”>announced his divorce</a> to the <em>Voice</em> coaches, Stefani decided to speak to him privately afterward. She had been keeping her own divorce a secret, but she wanted Shelton to know that she understood how he was feeling.</p>
<p id=”par-7_61″>“I thought it was going to be another one of those things-are-going-to-be-OK talks,” he told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blake-shelton-billboard-cover-divorce-miranda-lambert-gwen-stefani-relationship-the-voice-if-im-honest-album-7453469/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard</a>. “She didn’t tell me much, because we didn’t know each other at the time, but she said, ‘I’m going through something very similar to what you’re going through. I understand. And I hate it.’ That’s kind of how our friendship and bond started, that day.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_5″>Their relationship deepened from there.</p>
<p id=”par-9_72″>“It went from that, to checking in on each other once a week through email — ‘This s*** happened to me, what happened to you?’ — to maybe three times a week, then every day, to ‘Hey, here’s my phone number if you ever want to text,’” he said. “Next thing I know, I wake up and she’s all I care about, and I’m wondering if she feels the same about me.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-blake-shelton-said-his-relationship-with-gwen-stefani-doesn-t-make-sense-without-god”>Blake Shelton said his relationship with Gwen Stefani doesn’t make sense without God</h2>
<p id=”par-10_35″>Shelton and Stefani’s relationship confused some of her fans, but they say they work well together. According to Shelton, their romance makes sense when people consider how <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/blake-shelton-said-relationship-gwen-stefani-sense-god.html/”>their religious beliefs</a> have drawn them closer together.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Gwen-Stefani-Blake-Shelton-6.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Gwen Stefani wears a blue dress and stands with Blake Shelton, who wears a suit. They stand in front of two red chairs.” class=”wp-image-3745302″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton | Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-11_62″>“I believe in God now more than I ever have in my life,” Shelton told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/12/05/blake-shelton-talks-about-gods-country-fully-loaded-release-gwen-stefani-relationship-finding-faith/2589010001/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Tennessean</a>. “The biggest part of that is just how (Gwen) came into my life and now our relationship. It’s just too weird. If you take God out of it, it doesn’t make sense. If you put God into it, everything that’s happened with us makes sense.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_10″>Shelton and Stefani married in 2021 after years of dating.</p>