The Voice coaches Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are officially dating

Mixing business with pleasure ... Gwen Stefani (second from left) and Blake Shelton (Right are coaches on the US version of The Voice. Picture: NBC

IT’S official — country superstar Blake Shelton and No Doubt songstress Gwen Stefani are dating.

Speculation of a possible romance between The Voice coaches went into overdrive when they were spotted participating in some PDA at Maroon 5’s Halloween party.

But the rumours are no longer rumours after reps confirmed the romance.

“Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating,” Stefani’s spokesperson, who would not comment further, told US Weekly.

    

Shelton, 39, is performing at the Country Music Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night (local time). He plans to take Stefani as his date to the evening’s after parties, a source said.

Both stars are newly single.

Shelton ended his marriage to singer Miranda Lambert in late July.

Meanwhile, Stefani and her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale divorced in early August after 13 years of marriage and three children.

Both marriages ended after reports that both Lambert and Rossdale were cheating on their spouses.

Stefani has been filling in for Christina Aguilera on The Voice in the US.