Country star John Rich has wed his former model girlfriend Joan Bush in an intimate ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.

The wedding took place on Saturday evening and was attended by around 24 family members, with a larger reception for friends held later in the evening at Nashville's Fontanel Mansion, according to People.com.

Rich, one half of the singing duo Big & Rich, and Bush, who runs a model agency in Houston, Texas, have been dating for more than five years.

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