Mattie Jackson husband or boyfriend: Who is Connor Smith?

After losing her first husband in a horrific accident four years ago, Mattie Jackson Selecman, the daughter of country music icon Alan Jackson, has found love once more.

Mattie, 32, who she first met in late 2021 through a close friend, revealed her engagement to Connor Smith.

Mattie Jackson’s husband or boyfriend: Who is Connor Smith?

Smith and Mattie, whom Jackson, 63, shares with his wife Denise, got engaged while visiting Palm Beach, Florida, to honor Smith’s 30th birthday.

The good news comes four years after Mattie’s husband Ben Selecman passed away in September 2018 from a head injury sustained when he slipped on a boat dock. The 28-year-old Assistant District Attorney for Tennessee’s Davidson County suffered serious brain damage in the collision, and he later passed away following multiple operations and an 11-day medically induced coma.

Just before the release of her book Lemons on Friday in October 2021, Mattie spoke to PEOPLE about her loss. She recalled that she found it difficult to deal with her feelings at the time, but she eventually learned to rely on her religion to stay strong.

Less information about her new spouse will be kept private for familial reasons.

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