Award-winning country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson, 49, and his attorney fiancée Brittney Eakins, 33, have officially tied the knot. The loving couple said ‘I do’ on Tuesday, (May 20) in Franklin, Tennessee, exchanging nuptials in a private setting before celebrating in front of over 350 friends and family members.
Jamey Johnson’s Star-Studded Wedding Guest List
Oliver Anthony, Colt Ford, Lee Brice, Jerrod Niemann, Kassi Ashton, Zac Brown, Chapel Hart, ERNEST, Randy Houser, Larry Fleet, Gary Allan, Nancy Jones (widow of the late George Jones), Marcus King, Ella Langley, Mac McAnally, Lukas Nelson, James Otto, Jeremy Popoff of LIT, Kid Rock, Randy and Mary Travis, Ron White, Luke Grimes, and Kendra Scott were among the celebrity guests at the wedding.
“The best thing about our wedding by far has been bringing together so many people that we love and putting them all in one place,” the couple shared in a press release. “It’s been so special to watch all of our friends from different places and phases of our lives become friends.”
Some of those guests got to play a significant role in the pair’s wedding, with Houser serving as the afternoon’s officiant. Houser shares a kinship with Johnson as both are “Traler Park” members, including Brice, Davidson, Rob Hatch, and Niemann. ERNEST, meanwhile, provided the now newlyweds with the evening’s wedding dance, performing a moving rendition of Chris LeDoux’s “Look at You Girl.” The band Party on the Moon performed for the remainder of the reception.
Wedding Party: Groomsmen And Bridesmaids
The wedding party consisted of “best man” Popoff (of the rock band Lit) and The Trailer Park and additional groomsman Blake “Wally” Harris, one of Johnson’s buddies from college. The men adhered to a “cowboy black tie” dress code, which Eakins called “a nod to our Nashville friends to let them know they could wear their hats and boots.”
“It was a way to tell all of my friends who can’t be told what to do or when to do it, ‘This is an idea of what you could wear. Put on the stuff you wear when you want to wear something nice,’” Johnson added.
Eakins enlisted 15 bridesmaids, including her two sisters — youngest sister, Whittney, as her maid of honor and middle sister, Tiffany Arcement, who is nine months pregnant, as her matron of honor.
“That just goes to show you how my family is truly the best,” Eakins said of her sisters. “My sisters have shown up for me in a huge way. She is due any day and still came to Nashville to stand by my side. We had to find her an emergency delivery doctor in Nashville just in case she went into labor.”
Meanwhile, The bride’s goddaughter, Lilly, was a member of the bridal party, with her niece, Violet, serving as flower girl. Ring Bearers were Houser’s sons, Huckleberry and Banks, as well as his nephew, Harvey Lee, and Eakins’ nephew, Palmer Garren, according to PEOPLE.
Wedding Day Looks
For her Wedding-Day look, Eakins dazzled in a fit and flare dress gifted by her parents, John and Sandy. The gown was made by Natasha Marie Bridal of Baton Rouge, La., with the added touch of a detachable skirt, created by seamstress Nina E Designs. Eakins accessorized her dress with a custom-made, 12-foot veil. Johnson, meanwhile, paired Cowboy boots with a classic all-black Canali-designed tuxedo.
Southern elegance was the overall theme of the wedding with a color palette consisting of white, black, and champagne. Fresh Cut of Flowood, Miss. provided the floral decor, with planning and catering by The Cutting Board of Milton, Fla. The menu selection included a dish dubbed the Seafood Sensation, which featured six different types of seafood sautéed in a pan with a Cajun cream-style sauce mix and seasoning patented by the caterer. As for the cake, the couple opted to work with nationally known cake maker, Iris Smith of Cakes by Iris in Mississippi.
“She has made us a few cakes already,” Johnson acknowledged, with Eakins adding, “She was the first vendor we chose for this wedding two years ago. We ran into her at Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ second inauguration. Jamey asked her on the spot if she would [make] the wedding cake.”
Jamey Johnson And Brittney Eakins Wedding Cake
Wedding cakes, that is, as the dessert also included a surprise groom’s cake, featuring a carrot-cake flavored, full-size intricate-detail replica of Johnson’s guitar, Ole Maple. “I was more excited about the groom’s cake than the bridal cake,” Eakins shared.
The traditional wedding cake, which included the same lace pattern as the bride’s dress, was almond flavored with a raspberry filling inside.
Guests also had access to a cocktail station and hors d’oeuvres for a portion of the evening. Johnson Sliders was on the menu and featured three different types of sliders — a bacon/swiss with maple onion jam, a Nashville hot chicken, and a muffaletta. The Thirsty Ranch of Milton, Fla provided the bar service, which also featured Johnson’s signature cocktail — a non-alcoholic margarita and Eakins’ — a Hand Grenade, which pays homage to New Orleans and includes vodka, rum, gin and a melon liqueur.
Details Of The Wedding
Additional details of the big day included the option to sign a traditional guest book or a custom-made guitar. But special of all was the venue, Graystone Quarry, hand-selected by Johnson as it holds a sentimental place in his heart. The idea for the quarry came at the suggestion of the late George Jones’ widow, Nancy.
“Before I talked to her, I didn’t even know they did weddings there. It didn’t cross my mind as a wedding venue,” Johnson admitted of the quarry, which opened as an entertainment venue and amphitheater in 2016.
The lush 160 private acres, located in Williamson County, was originally used as the limestone source for Interstate 65 from Columbia, Tenn. to Nashville, Tenn., but provided a full-circle moment for Johnson, who drove the Alabama to Nashville stretch to follow his country music dreams.
Moreover, about a year after moving to Music City, Johnson worked for a company that pumped out rock quarries and mines, so workers could return to work after a rain. “Around 2000-02, I took a pump out to that quarry one day,” he said.
Before walking down the aisle, accompanied by a string quartet and two French horn players, Johnson and Eakins dated long-distance for four years, making lengthy trips to see each other. While he asked for her hand on the day after they met, Johnson formally proposed to Eakins on March 1, 2023. He got on bended knee on the deck/patio of the Walter Sillers building in Jackson, where she was working for Attorney General Lynn Fitch.
“He asked me to take a walk with him, so I did. I don’t remember our conversation, but I remember we were right across the street from where we met,” Eakins recalled. “He got down on one knee and proposed. I guess I said yes this time!”
