SARA EVANS - EVANS FINDS LOVE WITH FOOTBALL HERO

Country star SARA EVANS is back in the dating game following a bitter divorce battle last year (07). The singer was forced to pull out of reality TV show Dancing With The Stars after announcing her plans to divorce husband Craig Schelske. But Evans is starting 2008 with a lot of love after falling for sports talk radio host Jay Barker. The couple has been dating since Evans, who turns 37 on Tuesday (05Feb08), was a guest on Barker's The Opening Drive show last November (07). A pal tells People magazine, "They have been dating for a while." Barker, a revered former college American football quarterback, also went through a divorce last year (07).