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"Cute couple!\r\nKelly Clarkson and her new boyfriend, talent manager Brandon Blackstock, made their debut as a couple at a Barn Party Bonfire Celebration last Thursday in Whites Creek, Tennessee on May 31.\r\n\r\nClarkson, 30, and Blackstock, 35, -- the son of her manager, Narvel Blackstock, and Reba McEntire&amp;apos;s stepson -- have been dating since late last year.\r\nThe couple attended the event at Cowboy Town to help celebrate Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton&amp;apos;s singles &amp;quot;Over You&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Drink On It&amp;quot; going No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart. The &amp;quot;Stronger&amp;quot; singer went makeup-free for the occasion, but that didn&amp;apos;t stop her from proudly posing with her new beau.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so happy now,&amp;quot; she  told Us Weekly at a roundtable for her new ABC singing competition show, Duets. &amp;quot;I love that I&amp;apos;m in a relationship right now . . .I want a life. . . The past five years or so I&amp;apos;ve found my groove and my balance.&amp;quot;\r\nThe &amp;quot;Since You&amp;apos;ve Been Gone&amp;quot; singer joked that her former &amp;quot;tough songs&amp;quot; are now turning into &amp;quot;butterflies and rainbows.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m too happy! He&amp;apos;s ruining my creativity!&amp;quot; she joked. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m writing all this happy sh--! It&amp;apos;s killing me.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;People are going to be like, &amp;apos;What the hell happened to you?&amp;apos; It&amp;apos;s difficult. But awesome!&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not complaining. It&amp;apos;s an awesome problem to have.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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