Fin Sarratt, an Auburn University graduate, and Karli Ewing, still a student there at the time, met during March Madness in 2019. She visited him in Nashville and eventually moved back home to California, but long-distance was no obstacle for this love as, according to Karli, “We talked and FaceTime’d almost every day, and Fin even helped me secure a job in Nashville.” He proposed three years later at the site of their first date: Percy Warner Park in Belle Meade. They married in August 2022, at St. George’s Episcopal Church with Reverend Leigh Spruill officiating and Reverend Nathan Huddleston giving the homily.

The bride wore a Pronovias gown with a necklace of pearls — a wedding gift from the groom. She later changed into a sparkly feather dress and cowboy boots for the reception at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Her bouquet by The Tulip Tree included thistles among the flowers as a nod to her grandparents, who live on Thistle Road. Jayne Bubis and Debbie Lundy planned the event, and guests enjoyed a custom buffet with a Tennessee station and a California station. Leland Riggan designed the vanilla cake — served on a silver platter to continue a Sarratt wedding tradition that spans four generations.

The Music City Sound played throughout the evening for dancing and a lively musical backdrop. “We gave out inflatable instruments that were used at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party 15 years ago,” said Karli. “I also got to share a special dance with my 90-year-old grandpa.”

After honeymooning in St. Lucia and Charleston, South Carolina, the couple returned to their Nashville home, where Fin is a Manager in Business Development at Huron Consulting Group and Karli is a law student at Belmont University. Their parents are Bob and Sandra Sarratt of Franklin, Tennessee, and Ruth Ann Ewing of Newport Beach, California.