Entertainment Music Country Sam Hunt on the 'Spiritual Strength' of Married Life: 'I Feel a Little Bit Taller' Wearing My Wedding Ring Plus, the country crooner opens up about embarrassing his wife with a surprise serenade at the ACMs in April! By Jeff Nelson Jeff Nelson Instagram Twitter Jeff Nelson is the Senior News Editor, Entertainment at PEOPLE. For nearly a decade, he has worked across the brand's entertainment verticals, reporting on breaking news and writing and editing across platforms, as well as securing A-list cover exclusives, including Barry Manilow's coming out and an at-home interview with Madonna. Jeff has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America, Extra, HLN and SiriusXM, as well as at RuPaul's DragCon as a moderator. He studied magazine journalism at Drake University, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication. People Editorial Guidelines Published on May 21, 2017 07:40 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Married life looks good on Sam Hunt. The country star opened up about life with his new wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, ahead of the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night. “She’s beautiful. I did really good!” Hunt, 32, said on E!’s Live from the Red Carpet in Las Vegas. John Shearer/Getty The country crooner married Fowler in an intimate Georgia ceremony in April, and he gushed about his newest accessory: his wedding band. “It feels great — there’s a spiritual strength to it [the ring], and I feel a little bit taller now that I’m wearing it,” he told E! News. Check out PEOPLE’s full 2017 Billboard Music Awards coverage. Just weeks before the singer’s wedding day, he attended the Academy of Country Music Awards, where he surprise-serenaded his bride-to-be. Mid-way through his performance of “Body Like a Back Road,” Hunt ditched the stage and joined an adorably embarrassed Fowler in the audience. FROM PEN: Grammy News and Notes: Album of the Year Nominees “I told her that I might come down and sing to her; I don’t think she knew I was going to plop down next to her,” he added of the ACM performance. “I had to nudge her over; she didn’t want to scoot over! She finally did. It was her first time to an awards show like that, and this is her second one, so I just wanted to throw her into the deep end. But she came out, and after that she was so much more comfortable even though she didn’t enjoy those 30 seconds very much!”