Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Just Getting ‘Real’

When two people have been dating for a lengthy period of time, talk inevitably turns to engagement. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton say they have not really discussed getting married, but their fans and the press have certainly been more than interested in finding out when they are going to make it "official."

"People put us on the spot all the time about when we're getting engaged, but we're just now becoming a real couple," Miranda tells The Boot. "We've had so many ups and downs and so many things in our careers. And it just seems recently we've really got a real relationship going, and it's great. Whatever that leads to is awesome, but I don't think it has to have a title."

"We've had our high points and low points, but I do think that we're stronger together now than we've ever, ever been," Blake tells The Boot. "For the first time, I can see that [engagement] happening, and she can too ... So who knows?"

Blake even predicted a couple of years ago Miranda was somebody who would be in his life for a long time. "She's one of those few people you meet and have a connection with, and you don't really fully understand it, but you know it's a pretty big deal."

The pair, who began dating in 2006, have quite a bit in common besides making music, and that's probably what's kept them together for so long. "It's just fun to be with someone you love who loves the same things you do," Miranda explains. The two even have ranches located within a few miles of each other in Tishimingo, Okla. -- Miranda's is stocked with chickens, cows, dogs, mini-horses, donkeys, goats and more.

Miranda has a few days off before she launches her Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars tour March 18 in Beckley, W. Va.