Mark Ballas currently has a girlfriend, singer and songwriter BC Jean, whose real name is Britney Jean Carlson.
They were first spotted together in late 2012, after hiss split with Tiffany Dunn.
Jean, 27, is perhaps best known for penning the Beyonce hit “If I Were a Boy.”
A source told In Touch that Mark threw himself into his work after splitting with Dunn, and it appears that he got together with Jean after that season of “DWTS” was over.
“Mark and BC Jean have been dating and hanging out for about a month or so,” a friend of Mark’s later told the magazine.
“It is very new and they really like each other’s company and enjoy spending time together. He thinks she is gorgeous and talented and really sweet.”
About six months later, the couple took to Jamaica for a vacation. “Had an INCREDIBLE time at Sandals Resorts,” Mark shared via Twitter, while Jean shared a picture and added “Vacations all I ever wanted.”
Mark and Jean often spend time together, with collaborator Dylan Chambers recently saying that he and the couple were engaged in a “late night writing sesh.”
Mark’s current Dancing With the Stars partner Sadie Robertson also recently shared a picture of the couple with her and her dad.
Mark has complimented his girlfriend in the past, telling Latina that she’s “an incredible songwriter.
“She wrote If I Were A Boy for Beyoncé. She’s had some other great rock hits and what not. And she’s just an incredible inspiration to me as a musician and as a singer/songwriter,” he said.
“That’s how we met; we met on the singer/songwriter circuit. She’s very high up there and everyone knows who she is, and she really enjoyed my music at set and that’s how we got talking and then we started collaborating. We went on a few dates here and there.”
“And it’s just awesome to see her in her element. She’s been taking time to writing so she hasn’t been performing as much. So it was really cool to go see her just take the rooms by the nuts. No one talked when she sang; she’s just that good. She’s, in my opinion, what a true artist represents, being able to make you feel a certain emotion.
“And that’s me being unbiased because I appreciated her talent before her and I started dating. She’s co-written 3 or 4 songs on the record. She co-wrote with me and they came out great. Lyrically, she’s just wonderful.”
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