text: Exclusive: Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson Are Engaged! 
   
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   Sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that the singer, 30, became engaged to beau Eric Johnson on Thursday, just days after Us broke the news that her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, popped the question to Vanessa Minnillo, his love of nearly five years. Simpson and Lachey, 37, split in 2005, after three years of marriage. 
   
   The singer's rep confirmed the couple's engagement to Us on Sunday. 
   
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   On Saturday, Simpson flashed a sizable ring on her left hand during an appearance at Dillard's at Oak Park Mall in Kansas City. 
   
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   The Texas native began dating the former NFL player in May while he was estranged from his first wife, stylist Keri Johnson; their divorce was finalized five months later. 
   
   "I met a wonderful man," Simpson tweeted of Johnson in September. "Damn, I'm lucky." 
   
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   The newly engaged couple will spend Thanksgiving in NYC, where Simpson is scheduled to perform during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. 
   
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   "Having a boyfriend through the holidays, we're going to see how that all splits up," the singer told Ryan Seacrest during a KIIS-FM radio interview last week. "I can't imagine not being with my nephew and watching him open gifts. Maybe someone gets Christmas Eve and somebody gets Christmas day." ||||| USA TODAY 
   
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   "So very happy for Jess and Eric," Simpson's father, Joe, posted on 
   
   
   
   Just days earlier, news broke that ex-husband 
   
   
   
   Simpson met Johnson, a former NFL pro, in May. And their speedy courtship took a big step forward when he accompanied her to Italy to celebrate her 30th birthday in July. Last month -- shortly after Johnson's divorce from his wife of five years, Keri, was finalized -- Simpson 
   
   
   
   The TV star, who recently presided as a guest judge during the 
   
   
   
   On Saturday, Simpson was spotted wearing a large ruby and diamond ring on her left hand while making an appearance at a Kansas mall. Her rep has yet to confirm that she and Johnson are officially engaged. Jessica Simpson is heading down the aisle again. In a new report from Us , a source says that, as of Thursday, the singer and reality TV star is now engaged to her new love Eric Johnson. It will be the second marriage for both."So very happy for Jess and Eric," Simpson's father, Joe, posted on Twitter Sunday night. "May they have a lifetime of joy and happiness."Just days earlier, news broke that ex-husband Nick Lachey was engaged to marry his live-in girlfriend, Vanessa Minnillo Simpson met Johnson, a former NFL pro, in May. And their speedy courtship took a big step forward when he accompanied her to Italy to celebrate her 30th birthday in July. Last month -- shortly after Johnson's divorce from his wife of five years, Keri, was finalized -- Simpson gushed in the press about her new romance: "We're just best friends. He's my dude! I love him."The TV star, who recently presided as a guest judge during the controversial season finale of 'Project Runway,' wed pop singer Lachey at the age of 22 in 2002; after starring in the MTV hit 'Newlyweds,' the couple divorced in 2006. Lachey, 37, began dating Minnillo shortly after the divorce. Simpson has since dated singer John Mayer and football star Tony Romo.On Saturday, Simpson was spotted wearing a large ruby and diamond ring on her left hand while making an appearance at a Kansas mall. Her rep has yet to confirm that she and Johnson are officially engaged. 
   
   "He's a really smart guy, and Jessica really loves him," remarked Pete Wentz (husband of Simpson's younger sister, Ashlee ) to People.com earlier this month, talking about Johnson during VH1's Save the Music Gala in New York. "I think that's the most important thing, seeing her happy."Simpson opened up in recent interviews about her new lease on life, hinting that she'd love to try planning a wedding again: "I am from the South, so I've definitely dreamed of being married my whole life and having children, so hopefully that's in my future."
target: – If Nick Lachey can't put you off marriage, nothing will: Jessica Simpson, who divorced the ex-boy band star in 2005, is headed down the aisle again, this time with a former NFLer. No, not that one. Eric Johnson, former 49er and Simpson's beau of six months, popped the question Thursday—which, UsMag notes, is a mere few days after Lachey proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Minnillo. Ah, the coincidence. Johnson "definitely makes me very happy," Simpson told USA Today. "He brings out a lot of light in me and makes me very comfortable being who I am. It's nice to be with somebody who praises you for the right reasons." But, sigh, first the holiday planning: "Having a boyfriend through the holidays, we're going to see how that all splits up," Simpson told Ryan Seacrest last week. For more on the happily betrothed, click here.