Zach Bryan‘s wife, Samantha Leonard, had an extra special “something borrowed” on the couple’s wedding day in December.
As the country singer revealed on Monday (Jan. 5) on his Instagram Story, his new spouse paid tribute to his late mother, Annette, by adding a sweet detail to her bridal gown. Sharing a photo of Leonard laughing on the big day as someone helps put on her veil, Bryan wrote, “Samantha went out of her way to put my mom’s wedding dress lace on her dress.”
“I cried for a good bit,” he continued. “Meant so much sweetheart, thank you.”
Bryan followed it up with a photo of his mom on her wedding day, writing, “Wish you were here about now gorgeous.”
The Grammy winner and his partner got married just before New Year’s, with Leonard sharing photos from the stunning ceremony in Spain on Instagram. Bryan also posted a photo of himself and Leonard in their wedding-day attire and quoted his idol Bruce Springsteen in the caption: “Tougher than the rest.”
The news came as a surprise to fans, who found out that Bryan was in a relationship with Leonard after the pair were first spotted together in summer 2025. The musician was previously married to Rose Madden from 2020 to 2021, after which he dated podcaster Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia — who later accused him of emotional abuse — from 2023 to 2024.
Bryan has also been open in the past about how much his mom means to him, making Leonard’s gesture on the day of their nuptials even more heartwarming. In November 2024, upon the release of his song “This World’s a Giant,” the singer shared a lengthy Instagram caption about visiting Annette’s gravestone in Oklahoma, eight years after her death in 2016.
“I came to realize just like in the past, that she never would call me again,” he wrote at the time. “Told her I quit touring because I got accepted to get my masters in Paris next year, I told her I was back in Oklahoma, told her about all my best friends in New York and all the nights we howled with the moon, told her about the immeasurable laughter my band and me have shared these last five years, all the calluses on my finger tips, every tear shed, told her about making it on The Rolling Stone and most importantly told her about porch swinging with my beautiful sister.”
Bryan’s next album, With Heaven On Top, is set to drop Friday (Jan. 9).
