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Reba McEntire<\/a> is head over heels for fianc\u00e9 Rex Linn<\/a> and wanted him to know that as he celebrated his 69th birthday on Thursday (November 13).<\/p>\n The Queen of Country took to her Instagram story on Thursday to share a special birthday tribute to her Happy\u2019s Place<\/em><\/a> co-star. \u201cHappy birthday to the love of my life!\u201d she wrote alongside a photo of the happy couple<\/a>. \u201cSo thrilled we get to have coffee camp together, go to work together, and have fun at Happy\u2019s Place together!\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cHave a great birthday, Sugar Tot!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n The pair have been friends since the early 1990s, but they didn\u2019t start dating until 2020 after McEntire had guest-starred on Young Sheldon<\/em><\/a>, in which Linn played Principal Tom Petersen. McEntire and Linn grew close over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, with their romantic connection growing virtually.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t get to see each other from January [2020] till June 16, but we created an intimacy by texting and talking over the telephone that we wouldn\u2019t have gotten if we\u2019d have been together all of that time,\u201d McEntire previously told\u00a0E! News<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt was very special. It was a great way to find out about each other without ever touching.\u201d<\/p>\n McEntire and Linn confirmed they were engaged at the 2025 Emmys on September 14<\/a>. In an interview with People<\/em><\/a> in October, The Voice<\/em><\/a> coach revealed that Linn had popped the question back in December 2024, nine months before they shared the news publicly.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never been loved by a man like Rex Linn,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cRex is a very tender-hearted man, and I just love him with all my heart. He\u2019s a good guy. Real bashful though.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple currently stars alongside one another on NBC\u2019s Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>, a sitcom set in a Knoxville, Tennessee bar. McEntire plays Bobbie, a woman who inherits half of the bar following her father\u2019s death. Meanwhile, Linn stars as Emmett, the soft-spoken cook at Happy\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n \u201cGetting to work with Rex, drive to work with Rex and do the show, the rehearsals, drive home, talk about it, rehearse together \u2014 that\u2019s what\u2019s really special for me,\u201d McEntire told People<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve not had that before.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cWherever we go, that is our\u00a0Happy\u2019s Place.\u201d<\/p>\n