{"id":2981,"date":"2025-06-30T08:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2025-06-30T08:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:51:18","slug":"move-over-miranda-lambert-and-gwen-stefani-this-is-the-woman-who-first-captured-blake-sheltons-heart-their-love-story-began-back-in-high-school-and-blossomed-into-his-very-first-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"Move Over Miranda Lambert And Gwen Stefani \u2014 This Is The Woman Who First Captured Blake Shelton\u2019s Heart! Their Love Story Began Back In High School And Blossomed Into His Very First Marriage, Only To Crumble Later Under Claims Of \u201cUnfaithful Behavior!\u201d So Who Was She \u2014 The One Who Gave Blake His Earliest Taste Of Love And Heartache? Discover The Full Story Below!\ud83d\ude2f\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is Blake Shelton\u2019s first wife Kaynette Williams? Before Gwen Stefani came along, the country star married his childhood sweetheart \u2013 but she later accused him of \u2018inappropriate marital conduct\u2019<\/p>\n

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Kaynette Williams, who first met The Voice star in high school, is an award-winning teacher in Kansas who\u2019s now married to cowboy Cody Joe Scheck \u2013 but how did Shelton propose?<\/p>\n

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Before Blake Shelton, 48, was serenading\u00a0Gwen Stefani<\/span>, 55, on stage and collaborating with her on hit songs, his love life had quite a few plot twists. He and Stefani made their romance official in 2016 and married in 2021 after meeting as judges on\u00a0The Voice<\/em>, but for both, this wasn\u2019t their first time saying \u201cI do\u201d.<\/div>\n
Stefani had a high-profile marriage to rocker\u00a0Gavin Rossdale<\/span>, while Shelton\u2019s love life includes two previous marriages \u2013 most famously, his four-year marriage to country star Miranda Lambert, 41. But before Miranda, there was Kaynette Williams, Shelton\u2019s high school sweetheart and first wife.<\/div>\n

According to Life & Style, Shelton, still on his way to stardom, married Williams in 2003, but their love story ended in 2006. So, where did life take Shelton\u2019s first love? Here\u2019s a closer look at Kaynette Williams post-Blake.<\/p>\n

They were high school sweethearts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Blake Shelton promoting Smithworks Vodka in July 2021. Photo: @blakeshelton\/Instagram <\/p>\n
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At 15 in Oklahoma, Shelton met Kaynette Williams. Despite both attending the same school, it wasn\u2019t until after Williams graduated that the two met, per The List, and the pair were friends for years before finally dating when Shelton turned 21. According to Country Thang Daily, she later became his road manager.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He proposed while they were out hunting<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Blake Shelton and his first wife Kaynette Williams at the 2005 CMT Music Awards. Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Instead of a romantic dinner or a grand surprise, Shelton popped the question right after a morning of hunting with pals. According to Hollywood Life, after she said yes, the pair spent the rest of the day celebrating with friends, partying, and even heading back out for more hunting. The couple tied the knot on November 17, 2003, in a private ceremony in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, while Shelton was on a break from touring with Toby Keith.<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s a teacher now<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert in 2015. Photo: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The couple split in 2006, with Williams accusing Shelton of \u201cinappropriate marital conduct\u201d. \u201cI just really don\u2019t think I was ready to be a husband,\u201d Shelton said, per People. Williams reportedly returned to Oklahoma after her split from Shelton, but when he and Miranda Lambert moved in nearby, she realised Oklahoma wasn\u2019t big enough for the three of them. Per The List, she later moved to Kansas, where she\u2019s now thriving as an award-winning elementary teacher. She earned a teaching degree in 1997 and a master\u2019s in 2018.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s happily remarried<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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Blake Shelton and his first wife Kaynette Williams at the CMA Awards in 2003. Photo: Getty Images <\/p>\n
The 51-year-old has long since moved on from her country music days and is now happily remarried. After relocating to Kansas, she found love with Cody Joe Scheck, who just so happens to be a world-champion steer roper. In 2013, Cody\u2019s mother, Patricia Scheck, told the National Enquirer that the pair\u2019s love story began after meeting via mutual friends. \u201cThey fell for each other instantly and have barely been apart ever since,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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