As compatible as the pair may seem, Ella has confirmed that she and Riley aren’t actually an item. "Riley was probably the first famous person I ever met," Langley told Taste of Country in a red-carpet interview. "He was playing all the same bars I went to, and I played the same bars as him. It's cool to see Alabama people winning!”

Excuuuuuse us, but Ella Langley 's viral bangs were never in her original playbook for becoming a country music star. In fact, they are the result of a mistake she made. "Well I didn't do it on purpose," she admitted ahead of the CMA Awards on Wednesday (Nov. 20).