PEOPLE Exclusive – Brett Young Is Engaged to Taylor Mills: All the Details on His Romantic Proposal

(NEW YORK) – In case you didn’t know … Brett Young is officially off the market.

The “Mercy” singer popped the question to his longtime love, Taylor Mills, earlier this month — and she said yes.  “We are both more excited than we can express and looking forward to starting this chapter of our lives together,” the couple told PEOPLE exclusively.  Young, 36, proposed in Oxford, Mississippi, at the Graduate hotel near Ole Miss, where he went to college.  “We met in Arizona while she was at school at ASU, and we will likely get married there, so I thought it would be romantic to propose where I went to school,” he explained. “We were able to get a suite with a large covered patio and the hospitality staff at the hotel set it up while we were at dinner, so it was waiting for us when we got back.”  Young popped the question with a custom ring he designed with David M. Kodner of David Kodner Personal Jewelers, featuring his and 31-year-old Mills’ initials.  “We met a little over 10 years ago in Scottsdale while she was at ASU and dated for a little over six years. After school, she and I both moved to Los Angeles together. When I moved to Nashville, we took a break for a few years, and I wrote a lot of my first record about her,” Young told PEOPLE.  He added, “There was never any bad blood; it was just the wrong time for us. We recently got back in touch and realized that we were both finally in the same place and knew it was right.”  Young celebrated Mills in a sweet Valentine’s Day message on Feb. 14, sharing both a throwback shot of the couple as well as a recent snap.  “Still my best friend more than 10 years later. Love you baby. Happy Valentine’s Day!” he posted on Instagram for the holiday.  In addition to his happy personal news, Young’s professional life is on the upswing as well. He recently celebrated his third consecutive No. 1 hit with “Like I Loved You,” following “In Case You Didn’t Know” and “Sleep Without You” to the top of the charts. After selling out every stop on his debut headlining Caliville tour, the musician hits the road with Thomas Rhett this spring.  “I’ve been blessed beyond what I ever thought,” Young previously told PEOPLE. “This is everything to me.”

“Brett and I were introduced by our mutual friend Sean Lashley of FleishmanHillard Entertainment,” said David Kodner a personal jeweler in St. Louis, MO. “We have been working for months to create a one-of-a-kind ring for his fiancé. Finding something that was special and unique to just he and Taylor was very important to me and to Brett. I suggested we utilize their initials – playing off Brett’s logo on his website and album. We created a mock-up on the computer to see how it would look. The ring was then hand fabricated and all of the pave diamonds were placed individually by hand.”  The center diamond is 4.01 carats and it is a cushion cut. The band has another 1.10 carats of pave’d diamonds.

David Kodner is a personal jeweler who has been hand designing jewelry for nearly 30 years. Operating from a private office in St. Louis, MO, Kodner is known for creating a personal connection with his clientele in order to create unique, one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect their personality. His pieces have been featured on national television shows such as Dr. Phil and can be found on women and men worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.davidkodner.com.

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