Kelsea Ballerini Hosts Cozy Thanksgiving with Boyfriend Chase Stokes — and Special Guest Kenny Chesney

Mar. 15, 2025

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes celebrate Thanksgiving together.Photo:Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram

Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram

Kelsea Ballerinihosted a motley crew of loved ones for Thanksgiving this year.

The country singer spent the holiday with her boyfriendChase Stokes, fellow country starKenny Chesney, her mom and a group of friends that included Alysa Vanderheym, who worked with Ballerini on her latest album,Patterns.

Ballerini gave fans a peek into her holiday celebration at her home in Nashville in a Nov. 29Instagram post as she shared a carousel of 15 photosfrom her turkey day — and the rowdy karaoke that ended the night.

This year was the first time Ballerini, 31, had ever cooked her own turkey, she revealed on her Instagram Stories as she shared a screenshot of her texts withher costars fromThe Voice,Adam LevineandMichael Bublé. In the caption of her post, she rated her bird a “5/10.”

The clear highlight of her day was the “Thanksgiving karaoke” she and her loved ones did in front of a lit-up Christmas tree. She rated that a “1000/10” in the caption, as she wrote, “Grateful for so so much, mostly the love that we get and we give away. 🤍.”

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes celebrate Thanksgiving together.Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram

Along with some shots of her prepping her turkey, Ballerini’s post also included a sweet photo of Stokes, 32, hugging her from behind as she showed off her cooked bird and a group shot of Ballerini, Stokes, Vanderheym and another friend cuddled up on the couch withher dog, Dibs, getting in on the action.

Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini celebrate Thanksgiving.Kelsea Ballerini/Instagram

Loved ones aside, having her furry friend with her to celebrate the holiday was especially important for Ballerini, as she revealed in August thather 9-year-old dog has inoperable cancer in his heart.

“Thankful this little dude had his 9th Thanksgiving,” she wrote over a cute photo of Dibs dressed in glasses and a red sweater she posted on her Stories. “Thankful for the love and consistency and joy he’s brought to me and so many people around us. He’s my little turkey forever.”

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“It’s one of those things that when it happens as fast as it does, you just try to do the next right thing,” Stokes said.

source: people.com