Reba McEntire’s Boyfriend Rex Linn Could Be Her Forever Love! See the Couple’s Cutest Photos

2025 ACM Awards Razzle Dazzle

Reba and Rex looked like country royalty while attending the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star in Texas on May 8, 2025.

Super Bowl Fun

Rex joined Reba on the field at Allegiant Stadium before she performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in February 2024.

The Grammy Award winner and the Cliffhanger alum get along because of their shared interests. “He’s very into my music, I’m very into his career,” she gushed to cohost Melissa Peterman on their “Dating” episode. “It’s just great getting to talk to somebody who I find very interesting, very funny and very smart, and is interested in me too.”

The “Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” songstress wasn’t necessarily looking for love at the time Rex came around, but she couldn’t deny the immediate connection with the Hollywood hunk. In fact, Reba “can’t remember” the last time she felt “so strongly about a man.”

“[She] thinks [Rex is] just fabulous and such a sweetheart,” the insider dished to Closer. “Reba says Rex is such a caring and understanding man.”

His Girl

In November 2022, the pair walked the red carpet together at the CMAs before presenting an award.

Whether they’re hanging out at Reba’s Beverly Hills or Nashville estates or traveling the country for her legendary career, the “Fancy” artist and Rex always “have a blast together,” the source added. “They’re always laughing, which is probably the secret to their happiness.”

Reba’s romance with the Rush Hour actor came less than a year after she called it quits with her former beau, Anthony “Skeeter” Lasuzzo, in May 2019. When the news broke months later in November, a separate insider told Closer that the split was “amicable.”

“Skeeter is a great guy … but her busy schedule and Skeeter’s way of life — he’s retired — just didn’t mesh very well,” the friend explained. “At the end of the day, they decided it wasn’t a match made in heaven, as they both initially thought.”

Dazzling Red Carpet Looks

Rex was there to support his beloved ahead of her Oscars performance in March 2022.

Despite the heartbreak, the former Reba actress — who was previously married to ex-husbands Narvel Blackstock and Charlie Battles — wasn’t ready to give up on finding her soulmate. “She would like to find love again,” the insider shared. “She definitely wants to grow old with someone by her side.”

Beautiful ‘Redhead ‘ Reba

Rex posted two photos on January 14, 2021, with one featuring the back of Reba’s flowing red hair and another showing a red cardinal in a tree. “Two Beautiful redheads down by the creek today,” Rex captioned the photo.

First Movie Date

Due to the COVID-19 lockdown shutting down theaters to the public, Reba and Rex took AMC theaters up on their offer of private screenings. The couple had the place all to themselves as they watched Tom Hanks’ News of the World on January 8, 2021, having their first actual movie theater date night.

Farm Fun

Reba shared a photo cuddling up to Rex while posing next to her donkey, Poncho, in a December 2020 photo taken at her farm.

Red Carpet Official

Reba and Rex looked incredible as they arrived at the 2020 CMA Awards in November 2020. The “Fancy” singer stepped out in a black embellished ensemble, while her honey wore a blue suit jacket and black pants.

Her No. 1 Fan

“Blinged out for the CMAs!” Rex captioned a photo of his girlfriend wearing a bedazzled mask as she prepped for the 54th annual awards show.

Farm Lovers

Reba uploaded a sweet snap while hanging out at a farm in late October 2020. “The Tots, Sugar and Tater, have taken up farming,” she adorably captioned the pic of the duo as Rex held a chicken in his arms. “Meet Mr. Pecker.” 

Vacation Mode

“Fun in Montana with my Sugar Tot!!!” Reba wrote on Instagram while enjoying the great outdoors with her man in mid-October.

Their Love Story

Rex shared the cutest photo with his lovely lady following their first date in January 2020. “Had a fantastic dinner with this Oklahoma girl,” he marveled in the caption.