Better Together

“It’s been just an eye-opener to be with somebody like her,” Blake gushes of new bride Gwen. “She’s literally maybe the most normal person I have ever met in my life. It’s been good for me to be with somebody that’s so grounded and a good human being with a great heart.”

designer she was wearing or which other celebrities were there,” says a source. “It was going to be a day about their love story, nothing else.” And Blake’s busy itinerary touring and filming The Voice, as well as Gwen’s three boys’ busy schedules, “made summer the best time for the vow exchange to happen.”

To both the bride and groom, it was vital that Gwen’s sons, Kingston, 11, Zuma, 8, and Apollo, 3, were there. “To remember the day, Blake had special bracelets made for the entire family, which had a sweet drawing of all five of them in stick figures,” says the source. “It took Gwen by surprise and it just confirmed that she made the best decision to marry Blake.”

So it was with total confidence that she walked down the aisle in a cream, off- the-rack gown, escorted by her two eldest sons. “Gwen looked gorgeous,” raves the insider. “Most people don’t know how naturally pretty she is because of all the makeup she wears, but this day she went for a paredback look, even leaving off her signature red lipstick. She was glowing. Blake was wowed, to say the least.”

As for the groom? He didn’t steer far from his signature “casual cowboy style,” says the insider. But the sarcastic jokester did show a new, softer side. “They chose to write their own vows, and Blake got very emotional talking

“Gwen saved my life.” — Blake