Yesterday, we reported that Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani had finally gotten married over the weekend in Oklahoma. Now, it’s been revealed that Shelton wrote Stefani a song for his wedding vows.

Carson Daly, who officiated the wedding and is the host of “The Voice,” revealed to Entertainment Tonight that Shelton performed a song for his wife for his vows. This was actually Daly’s idea, and while Shelton and Stefani were “reluctant” at first to make their vows musical, they ultimately decided to do it.

“At the wedding, Gwen starts and she wrote this [speech] saying ‘since I was a little girl… blah blah blah’ and she crushes [it], not a dry eye in the church,” Daly recalled of Stefani. “… It was so perfect that I said to Blake when she was done, ‘Top that, buddy.'”

Shelton took on the challenge, telling the crowd “Gwen has always given me a hard time about not writing enough songs, so I wrote a song.”

“Guitar comes in, stool, next thing you know, he wrote her a song, and he sings her a song — while he’s crying — that he wrote specifically for her. ‘Reach the Star,’ I think it was called,” Daly shared. “Not a dry eye in the house. That was a highlight.”

Though Daly described Shelton’s song as a “hit,” he isn’t sure if the country star will ever release it. If he does, however, Daly said that the song “will put everybody in the wedding at that moment. You will be transformed on to that hilltop in the middle of Oklahoma.”

Daly went on to add that the vows between Shelton and Stefani were just one of “a bunch of pinch me moments” at the intimate celebration.

“It was perfectly them, the whole weekend and the marriage itself. It was as elegant, and refined, and cool as Gwen is, and it was as country, and down home, and fun as Blake is,” Daly said. “They just work. They’re an unlikely pair. They’re like if you paired delicious fried chicken with a glass of champagne. On paper, on the menu, it doesn’t seem to work, but it works.”

“They’re comfort food with class and everybody roots for that,” he continued. “… It was just their family. It was small and it was perfect.”

Daly felt extremely honored to get to marry two of his longtime friends.

“I’ve known Gwen for 25 years. I was friends with them both when they met separately. I love Blake to death. He’s like the brother I never had,” Daly said. “… When they called me, they had me on speaker phone and they said, ‘We think you’re perfect for it.'”

“Gwen and I both share a deep sense of faith. We talk a lot about faith, the two of us, and to work with them and their family to get to be a part of that day with my family was really an honor,” he continued. “It was fun, too. I don’t want people to think ‘Oh, a big celebrity wedding.’ We had a blast all weekend long.”

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