Kash Patel, now serving as FBI director under President Donald Trump, isn’t just making headlines for his high-profile role. The 45-year-old has been in a steady relationship with Alexis Wilkins, a 26-year-old country singer and Capitol Hill press secretary. And now she’s opening up about the romance.

From music stages to political circles

Wilkins has lived a life as varied as her resume. Her father served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and was the son of Armenian immigrants who fled tough times; her mother worked in aerospace and pharmaceuticals. She spent part of her childhood in Switzerland and England before settling in Arkansas, then Nashville, Tennessee.

With roughly 12,500 monthly listeners on Spotify, Wilkins says she’s committed to the storytelling and classic instrumentation of traditional country music. “It’s relatable, it’s country, it’s the truth,” she told Beyond the Stage Magazine.

In late 2023, she added a new title to her bio: press secretary for Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh. It’s a role that now has her splitting time between Washington, D.C., and Nashville.

Meeting Kash Patel — and addressing the age gap

The couple met in October 2022 at a conservative ReAwaken America event and began dating in January 2023, before Patel was nominated and confirmed as FBI director. For Wilkins, the nearly two-decade age difference has never been an issue.

“Within a couple of minutes talking to me, you probably couldn’t picture me dating a 26-year-old,” she told the Daily Mail. “It’s always made sense to us, our friends, and everyone around us. There’s really no need to justify things like that.”

She added that the relationship is “on a good path” as they settle into a new, whirlwind lifestyle together. For now, there are no immediate engagement plans, just a focus on building their life at a pace that works for them.

Navigating online speculation

Being in the public eye has brought its share of challenges. Wilkins revealed she blocked the word “honeypot” from her Instagram after being dragged into conspiracy theories surrounding the Epstein case. She dismissed the rumors as “scraping the bottom of the barrel” and clarified she met Patel years before he became FBI director.

Their first encounter? A friend’s party in Nashville she hadn’t initially planned on attending — proof that sometimes the most important nights begin with a last-minute change of plans.