Miranda Lambert Got Many Warnings About Blake Shelton. Here's Why

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton quickly became #couplegoals in the country music world, but their first major interaction was a bit scandalous. In 2005, the two shared the stage during CMT's 100 Greatest Duets special, where they sang the 1981 hit, "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma." Throughout the performance, the singers' chemistry was undeniable. However, there was just a tiny problem: Lambert and Shelton were both in relationships at the time. Prior to the performance the "two had only met in passing."

Shelton filed for divorce from his first wife, Kaynette Williams, in 2006 — just one year after performing the duet with Lambert — but he maintained that Lambert had nothing to do with his relationship ending, per Rolling Stone magazine. Meanwhile, Lambert was engaged to Jeff Allen McManus but they split shortly after she connected with Shelton, per Us Weekly. In 2007, the musical artists made their first public appearance at the CMT Music Awards, according to the music outlet.  

"I've never had that kind of experience with anybody," Shelton recalled about their meet-cute on an episode of VH1's Behind the Music (via Entertainment Weekly) in 2011. "I was a married guy, you know? Standing up there and singing with somebody and going, 'Man, this shouldn't be happening.' Looking back on that, I was falling in love with her, right there on stage." For her part, Lambert gushed, "It was just like this draw to each other. It was just sort of this inevitable chemistry."

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