Finding love again! Jana Kramer is taking things slow with soccer coach Allan Russell but is enjoying the pair’s connection.
“I don’t know if this is my forever person. … But, like, I’m not going to push away love just because I’ve been hurt before. I’m going to embrace it,” the One Tree Hill alum said during a January 2023 episode of her “Whine Down” podcast, revealing she has been dating a mystery man for several weeks after connecting through Instagram. “I’m going to have fun. And if it doesn’t work out, well, you know what? I’m gonna learn a lot of lessons. And I had a lot of fun along the way.”
She added then: “When I was on that app, I was like, ‘No, they live in a different country, no, no, no.’ And, you know, even with him, I said, ‘No … this is silly. I’m a mom with two kids and I live in Nashville, like, how would this even work?’ And something about him, you know, I was like, ‘OK, well, let me just see, what does the conversation hurt, right?’ This just feels different.”
Kramer’s romance with the former North Carolina FC player, which she publicly debuted via Instagram later that month, comes on the heels of a series of brief relationships with Jay Cutler and Ian Schinelli in 2022.
“I’m just enjoying where it’s at right now and I’m enjoying feeling this way,” she gushed during her podcast episode at the time of the Norwich City FC coach. “We’re trying not to go more than three weeks without seeing each other. … It just feels really nice, and I don’t want to put too much pressure on it and I just want to enjoy it.”
Kramer is based in Tennessee — where she resides with children Jolie and Jace, whom she co-parents with ex-husband Mike Caussin — while her beau lives in England. Amid their relationship, she has frequently traveled overseas to visit Russell.
“Game-winning throw 🙌. Trying hard not to gloat too bad 😂,” the “I Got the Boy,” songstress wrote via Instagram Story on February 3, 2023, sharing footage from the pair’s date night at a local British pub as they played a round of darts. “Second round winner: Allan. Game 3: I won. And apparently he ‘let me win.’”
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Relationship Jana Kramer and Boyfriend Allan Russell’s Relationship Timeline: See Their Sweetest Photos
Finding love again! Jana Kramer is taking things slow with soccer coach Allan Russell but is enjoying the pair’s connection.
“I don’t know if this is my forever person. … But, like, I’m not going to push away love just because I’ve been hurt before. I’m going to embrace it,” the One Tree Hill alum said during a January 2023 episode of her “Whine Down” podcast, revealing she has been dating a mystery man for several weeks after connecting through Instagram. “I’m going to have fun. And if it doesn’t work out, well, you know what? I’m gonna learn a lot of lessons. And I had a lot of fun along the way.”
She added then: “When I was on that app, I was like, ‘No, they live in a different country, no, no, no.’ And, you know, even with him, I said, ‘No … this is silly. I’m a mom with two kids and I live in Nashville, like, how would this even work?’ And something about him, you know, I was like, ‘OK, well, let me just see, what does the conversation hurt, right?’ This just feels different.”
Kramer’s romance with the former North Carolina FC player, which she publicly debuted via Instagram later that month, comes on the heels of a series of brief relationships with Jay Cutler and Ian Schinelli in 2022.
“I’m just enjoying where it’s at right now and I’m enjoying feeling this way,” she gushed during her podcast episode at the time of the Norwich City FC coach. “We’re trying not to go more than three weeks without seeing each other. … It just feels really nice, and I don’t want to put too much pressure on it and I want to enjoy it.”
Kramer is based in Tennessee — where she resides with children Jolie and Jace, whom she co-parents with ex-husband Mike Caussin — while her beau lives in England. Amid their relationship, she has frequently traveled overseas to visit Russell.
“Game-winning throw 🙌. Trying hard not to gloat too bad 😂,” the “I Got the Boy,” songstress wrote via Instagram Story on February 3, 2023, sharing footage from the pair’s date night at a local British pub as they played a round of darts. “Second round winner: Allan. Game 3: I won. And apparently he ‘let me win.’”
Scroll below to see Kramer and the former soccer player’s complete relationship timeline:
Relationship January 2023
During the January 9 episode of her podcast, the Soccer Mom Madam star revealed that she is not single and is seeing a “sweetheart” man who lives in England.
“It’s gonna be tough. I’ve never done long-distance,” Kramer added at the time without disclosing her man’s identity. “But again, I’m just enjoying being happy. And it’s all good. There are going to be lessons learned along the way. I’ll learn things whether it works out or whether it doesn’t. And I think that’s the piece that I know either way, like, I’m OK. … I’ll never get into a situation again where I don’t trust someone because I do not like who I become. Something is just very different about this relationship that I have zero worries or fears. And if something was to happen, again, I’m like, ‘Alright, like, thanks for showing me who you are and I’m out.’”
Relationship January 2023
Several weeks later, Kramer soft-launched their relationship by posting a screenshot from a FaceTime date. While the “Story” signer beamed in front of a sunset, Russell’s face was obscured by an emoji.
Credit: Courtesy of Jana Kramer/Instagram
Relationship January 2023
“Back where it all started… Also, this is so us… trying to take a photo 😂,” Kramer wrote via Instagram, tagging the Roam Food cofounder’s profile on their social media debut.
Relationship February 2023
The Steppin’ Into the Holidays star proclaimed that she “smoked” Russell in their last round of darts.
Relationship February 2023
After the pair’s pub night out, they returned home to discover a spider in the bathroom. Russell lept into action to remove the creature, earning Kramer’s praise.
“What a hero,” she gushed via Instagram Story. “He grabbed it with his bare hands, and YES, I ran away like the Blair Witch Project.”
Relationship February 2023
Kramer and Russell played a couple’s challenge game where they both pointed at the other person in response to questions about who was interested initially and who said “I love you” first.
Relationship March 2023
Russell accompanied the “Voice” songstress on her “Whine Down” podcast tour stop in Philadelphia. After Kramer’s public appearance, the couple snapped a few snaps in front of the city’s famed monuments — including the Rocky steps.
Relationship March 2023
The pair made their red carpet debut at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 27.
