Nashville's Chris Carmack Engaged to Erin Slaver

Bride-to-be, who played a backup singer on ABC series, gushes over couple's happy news on social media

By Rebecca Macatee Mar 02, 2016 9:51 PMTags
Chris Carmack, Erin Slaver John Shearer/Getty Images for CMT

Hayden Panettiere isn't the only Nashville star with a wedding to plan!

Chris Carmack, who plays Will Lexington on the ABC show, is engaged to Erin Slaver, his rep confirmed to People (who was first to report the couple's happy news). The bride-to-be, who is a singer, actress, violinist and fiddler herself, also gushed over the couple's happy engagement news on social media.

On Tuesday, she Instagrammed a smiling photo of herself and her fiancé celebrating "Sparkling drinks and fingers". She later took to Twitter to thank fans for all their well wishes, writing, "Wow, thanks everyone for all the love! I'm overwhelmed with happiness from your kind thoughts!"

Sparkling drinks and fingers ???? (photo cred: @lilycostner )

A photo posted by Erin (@erinslaver) on

The future spouses are clearly quite a talented twosome. According to Erin's website, she's played the violin in a number of country music specials (including the 2011-2013 CMA Awards, the 2011-2013 CMA Country Christmas specials and as a violinist for Eric Church at the CMT Music Awards in 2012). She's also been featured in Sara Evans' "Slow Me Down" and Lonestar's "Maybe Someday" music videos. Her acting credits include multiple stage performances, TV commercials and also a recurring role on Nashville as a backup singer for Hayden's Juliette Barnes character.

The groom-to-be is, of course, an accomplished singer and actor, too. You might remember him as Luke Ward on The O.C., but that's just one of the many TV and film credits he's nabbed over the past 15 years. He went from a recurring character in Nashville's first season to a series regular by the second, and in in December 2015 he released his EP, Pieces of You.

Big congratulations to the happy pair!

Take a look at another Nashville wedding in the video below.