Reba McEntire Cuddles With Rex Linn in Rare Photo on Their 5-Year Anniversary

Reba McEntire and Rex Linn hit a major relationship milestone in January 2025. McEntire posted a rare photo with her longtime love in honor of their five-year anniversary.

Along with the new picture, she also posted a throwback photo from the early days of their relationship, showing how far they’ve come since they first got together in 2020.

“Celebrating five years of tater tots this week! #thetots #anniversary,” McEntire captioned her post, along with a red heart emoji. She and Linn have known each other since the early 1990s after meeting on the set of The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw. 

However, it wasn’t until McEntire guest-starred on Season 3 of Young Sheldon that the two reconnected. Linn has a recurring role on the show, and they crossed paths when she was on set. A few months later, they started dating.

 

“We kept in contact over the years, we both know the same people,” McEntire previously explained. “So it was just like good friends getting back together and having dinner. Then we started texting and talking on the telephone and getting to know each other better during the quarantine.”

The “tater tot” nickname stemmed from a night out with the Young Sheldon cast, during which McEntire ordered tater tots at the restaurant. “Rex said, ‘That’s your nickname from here on out — Tater Tot,’” she once said on The Jennifer Hudson Show. She also revealed that her nicknamed for Linn is “Sugar tot”

“We’re the tots — sugar and tater. We’ve been together ever since. He’s a sweetheart,” she gushed. Now, the couple is working on the sitcom Happy’s Place, which they star in together.

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McEntire was previously married to Charlie Battles from 1976 to 1987. She wed Narvel Blackstock in 1989. In addition to Blackstock’s three children, he and McEntire had a son together. The exes divorced in 2015 after 26 years of marriage.