FBI Director Kash Patel is engaged to his country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins.
The couple announced their engagement with a heartfelt post on social media on Sunday evening, October 4.
Taking to X, Wilkins posted a black-and-white photo of herself standing with Patel, flashing her hand in front of them to show off her ring with the caption, “Went and got the law involved.”
The two have been dating since before Patel took over as head of the FBI in 2025, when she attended his swearing in.
Who is Alexis Wilkins?
As per People, Wilkins is a country singer. She is also 18 years younger than Patel. She stood by his side when he was sworn in as FBI director in February 2025.
Wilkins said on The Megyn Kelly Show in July 2025 that she spent part of her childhood in England and Switzerland. But she grew up mostly in Arkansas.
"It was my favorite place I lived," she said. “People ask me, 'Oh, did you love Europe?' ... Of course I did. But my favorite to live was by far Arkansas.”
According to her LinkedIn, she finished Belmont University in Nashville in 2020 with a business degree. She was part of the ethics debate team there.
It also shows that Wilkins has worked as a recording artist, performer and writer since August 2007. According to People, she released her first EP, Grit, in April 2023.
She has been a consultant for The American Border Story since May 2025. She has also been a board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) since June 2025.
How Alexis Wilkins met Kash Patel?
Wilkins told Megyn Kelly that she met Patel at an event at a friend's house in Nashville. She said she liked that was “so honest.”
"We both are very patriotic, so obviously there are things there that we definitely agree on," she said.
Wilkins said in July 2025, in a show that they got together a little over two and a half years earlier. She said it was "long before" Patel was head of the FBI.
She joked that “all of this was not on my bingo card, but here we are.”
The two have been together since at least 2023.
