Melanie, in her wedding gown in the rain, finds Jake planting metal rods in the beach to draw lighting to create more sand sculptures. She tells him they are still married, and asks why he did n't tell her he came to New York. They repeat the conversation from when they were children about why they want to be married. As Jake and Melanie kiss, sheriff Wade "arrests '' them and takes them to the bar owned by Jake 's mother, where their friends and family are waiting. The pair finally get their long - awaited first dance as husband and wife, to the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd 's "Sweet Home Alabama. '' A mid-credits sequence shows that they have a daughter. Melanie continues to thrive as a designer and Jake opens a "Deep South Glass '' franchise in New York. A newspaper clipping announces the wedding of Andrew and a girl named Erin Vanderbilt.
who sings sweet home alabama in the movie
Lynyrd Skynyrd