Avril Lavigne Is Engaged!

Wednesday August 22, 2012 1:17 PM EDT
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It’s the engagement that no one saw coming – mostly because no one even knew they were dating!
 
In Touch can officially confirm that Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger are engaged! Chad popped the question on Aug. 8 with a 14-carat diamond ring.
 
While their engagement comes as a shock, reports say that the couple began quietly dating this past February after they teamed up to co-write a song for Avril’s upcoming fifth album.
 
This will be the “Sk8er Boi” singer’s second walk down the aisle – she filed for divorce from Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in 2009 after three years of marriage.