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For Kellie Pickler, June 15 has long been “sad and hard for me, ” as it is the birthday of her late grandmother, Faye Pickler.
But the traditional sadness of the day turned to happiness last week, when Pickler’s boyfriend, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, proposed on a Florida beach at sunset.
“It turned out to be the most amazing day of my life, ” the fifth-season American Idol star, 23, tells PEOPLE. “My whole world changed. We both feel like we got my grandmother’s blessing.”
Pickler considers Jacobs’s proposal a moment she hardly could have imagined. “I remember saying to Kyle, ‘Baby it’s like I’m dreaming – but if this isn’t real, I’m going to be very upset!’ “
Congrats Kellie! Kyle proposed to Kellie on a blanket on the beach, “Afterward, we just held each other and had the most beautiful prayer, ” Kyle says. “We had a little champagne and talked and laughed and cried.”
Kellie joins fellow engaged country singers Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. “We’re all just happy for each other, ” Kellie says. “I’m sure we’ll be having some girl talk and we’ll share ideas. We just keep joking about how there must be something in the water!”