Chris Lane Taking Girlfriend Lauren Bushnell Home To Meet His Parents

Chris Lane is bringing his girlfriend home for the holidays!

The country star says he’s ready to take the next step forward in his relationship with Lauren Bushnell and that he plans to take her to his hometown of Kernersville, North Carolina to meet Mom and Dad for Christmas.

“I’m actually a little nervous because I know how my dad is — I’ve already given her the pre-warning,” the crooner told PEOPLE. “He’s just a funny guy. He’ll probably ask her some tough questions.”

Even though he’s anxious about it all, the “Fix” artist says he’s hoping to make the most of the moment. “I feel like I should video it,” the 34-year-old continued, adding, “I want to just leave her sitting in the living room for an hour by herself and have a camera in the wall and video it because there’s no telling what’s going to come out of his mouth. But [my family is] super excited.”

 

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Had me hook line sinker from the first “Home Alone” Quote She Made!! ???? @laurenbushnell ???? @johnshearer

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The special news arrives at a coincidental time, as Lane celebrated his first platinum single for his smash duet “Take Back Home Girl” with singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, giving new significance to the song as he seems to have found a soulmate in the Bachelor alumna.

The couple — who have been smitten ever since they met at an iHeart event — confirmed dating reports at the 2018 Country Music Awards in November.

“Confirmed. I am [dating Lauren],” Lane told iHeartCountry. “We’ve been friends for a long time and we’ve kind of kept in touch. We met — funny story — at an iHeart show… like years and years ago, but we were just friends for all that time and the recently started spending some time together and realized we actually enjoy each other.”