American Idol's Garrett Jacobs Engaged To Singer Callista Clark (Exclusive)

The ⁘It's Cause I Am⁘ singer and the 'American Idol' alum have been quietly dating for the last three years

"We wanted to be very intentional and keep our relationship private," explains Clark in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. "When we got to the point where we wanted to announce that we were engaged, we wanted that to be the first time people knew that we were officially dating the whole time."

In November of 2021, the longtime friends went out on their first official date together. "I was playing the Grand Ole Opry and I invited him to come backstage with me," remembers Clark. "We went to the movies after that. So that was our first date."

Two months later, the pair fell in love. Clark says she was intrigued by the Louisiana native long before their first date. "I followed (Jacobs) actually when he was on American Idol , and my whole family are huge American Idol fans," Clark remembers. "I followed him because I thought he was cute."

It was five years ago when the couple met for the first time, and immediately went into a songwriting session together. From there, the two often found themselves performing together during the pandemic on their respective social media channels.

The couple's families came together last month to celebrate the pair who ultimately got engaged amidst the Tennessee countryside.

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