Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher: A Timeline of Their Love Song-Worthy Romance

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Carrie Underwood, it would turn out to be the ultimate one. In November 2009, the  alum paid a visit to , where she shared an update on her ongoing romance with Mike Fisher, who was an ice hockey pro playing for the Ottawa Senators at the time.

The singer confirmed they had been dating for close to a year at that point, setting the record in her personal life. Despite their long-distance relationship with Fisher in Canada, Underwood assured viewers they saw each other more often than people knew — but living together was not yet in their plans. «The next guy I move in with will be my hubby — whoever that is,» she told DeGeneres. «Not saying that it's gonna be him.»Unbeknownst to fans — and potentially even Underwood — at that time, it was indeed going to be him.

The following month, it was confirmed that the two were engaged and wedding bells rang less than a year later. More than a decade has passed since that fateful day the two said «I do.» As Underwood summed up their relationship on their 10th wedding anniversary in 2020, «You’ll grow up to have pretty cool jobs, you’ll meet backstage at some girl’s concert, fall in love, get married, have two amazing boys, and live happily ever after!»Now, with the couple's 13th anniversary just days away, cue up Underwood's «Ever Ever After» and revisit their love story with ET below.

As the story goes, it was actually Underwood's musical director and bass player, Mark Childers, who helped connect the singer to Fisher.