The couple married in 2011, when Rep. John Rose was 46 and Chelsea Rose was 22.

John Rose is also a former Tennessee commissioner of agriculture and was the chairman of the Tennessee Future Farmers of America, an organization his wife has been a member of since her high school days. He was involved in the group while she was a teen member and when she was in college.

Chelsea Doss Rose Received a Scholarship Provided by John Rose, Her Future Husband, When She Was in College at Tennessee Tech & Said ‘John Has Made Everything Possible That I’ve Done in FFA Since High School,’ Adding That He ‘Coached Her.’