Sam Hunt’s relationship with his wife Hannah Lee Fowler is a good example of how persistence pays off. Before the two were engaged, Sam says he visited Hannah where she lived in Hawaii several times to work his powers of persuasion and get her back in his life. Sam tells Entertainment Tonight, “I think last summer I went out [to Hawaii] about seven times in about three months. Trying to talk to her about coming back. And the seventh trip I convinced her.”

The couple returned to Hawaii after their April wedding for some honeymooning on the Big Island, in addition to spending some quality time in Puerto Rico.

While Sam Hunt is currently piecing together his sophomore studio album, he admits that his main focus right now is his fiancée, Hannah Lee Fowler. Sam tell’s CMT Hot 20 Countdown, “I am working on new music and new songs. I’ll continue to do that throughout the spring and summer. But that will be priority No. 2 behind planning a wedding and hanging with my fiancée, who will be my wife.” As for the new album, Hunt hopes to release the project one piece at a time. He says, “Instead of waiting to have a full record done to put out new music, I’d like to be able to put out new music as I continue to work on it as we go.”

Sam Hunt sparked marriage rumors over the weekend when he posted pictures online of him wearing a wedding band on his left hand, but it appears that Sam hasn’t got hitched after all. CMT’s Cody Alan recently learned that Hunt hasn’t tied the knot with fiancée Hannah Lee Fowler yet, but he wears the ring because he already feels like a married man and just likes the feel of it. As for the actual wedding, that is reportedly still several weeks away.