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Country Weekly April 15, 2003
Forever In Blue Jeans
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams throw a wild surprise wedding
A wedding party gathers in Malibu, Calif., for a Saturday-night rehearsal dinner. The groom stands in a denim jacket and locks eyes with his fiancée at the other end of the room. Suddenly, she unsnaps her long denim dress to reveal a wedding gown underneath.
Surprise!
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams shocked their families by turning what was supposed to be a rehearsal into a full-fledged wedding ceremony. Only their parents, the two ministers and the wedding coordinator knew in advance about their bait-and-switch, planned by Brad and Kimberly to throw off the press and other prying parties.
A gospel choir sang, then Brad and Kimberly – star of the TV sitcom According to Jim, which has featured Brad as a guest star – officially became man and wife. The couple had been engaged since last October, after meeting on a blind date about a year and a half ago.
Following the ceremony, the choir sang a few more songs before the celebrants all sat down to an Italian feast.
On Sunday came more good food, with everyone enjoying barbecued chicken, popcorn, cotton candy and doughnuts during a reception at Malibu Bluffs Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Entertainment was supplied bye a small country band – joined by the newly married Brad himself, along with Kimberly’s TV costar Jim Belushi, who played harmonica.
Following the reception, Brad and Kimberly drove away – tin cans rattling underneath the car – onto the Pacific Coast Highway and into their future together.
-Chris Neal
Made for each other?
Brad- 30
Kimberly- 31
Brad- 5’9”
Kimberly- 5’5”
Brad- Born in Glen Sale, W. Va.
Kimberly- Born in Rye, N.Y.
Brad- Graduated from Belmont University in Nashville
Kimberly- Graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Brad- Wrote his first song, “Born on Christmas Day,” at age 12
Kimberly- Starred in The Christmas Shoes in 2002
Brad- Made an album called Part II
Kimberly- Starred in Father of the Bride Part II
People Magazine 3/31/03
I Do!
Country music star Brad Paisley, 30, and actress Kimberly Williams (According to Jim), 31, wed on March 15 in a small ceremony in L.A., followed by a reception in Malibu the next day. It is the first marriage for both.
In Touch Magazine 4/07/03
MARRIED
Now she’s married for real! Kimberly Williams, who played the young bride-to-be daughter in Father of the Bride, got hitched to country star Brad Paisley, 30, on March 15. It was the first marriage for both. Williams, 31, previously dated tennis star Pete Sampras.
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