Nate Bargatze and his wife, Laura Bargatze, started out as coworkers at their local Applebee's in Tennessee - and have been together ever since. Laura recalled first feeling connected to Nate one night when they went out with all of their coworkers. "He put in The Little Mermaid soundtrack and told his friends to, like, 'Shush, shush, I'm listening to this song,'" Laura shared on "The Nateland Podcast" in November 2020. "I was like, if anyone could put in The Little Mermaid soundtrack and shush a bunch of 20-year-olds ... to be quiet while he sings it. I thought that was totally confident.