By david burger

| The Salt Lake Tribune

Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott will have been married a little over a month when she and bandmates Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood headline EnergySolutions Arena on Valentine’s Day.

But don’t worry that she’ll spend Valentine’s Day without husband Chris Tyrrell.

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At a glance

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Own the night

Lady Antebellum with Darius Rucker and Thompson Square

When » Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m.

Where » EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City

Tickets » $25-$76.50 at SmithsTix.com

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All she has to do is look behind her to catch a glimpse of the drummer. A perk of her job is sneaking pining glances of him during the band’s first arena tour as headliners, called "Own the Night."

Scott said she and her hubby will try to get in a dinner date sometime in between the group’s Grammy Awards appearance on Sunday and Utah’s concert date Tuesday. And she’s racking her brain trying to come up with a gift for him. "He’s so thoughtful," Scott said. "So I’m always trying to one-up him. I have some wheels turning."

But from talking with her, it appears that Scott and Tyrrell lie low when they get a chance. "We appreciate a good meal," Scott said. "The craziest thing we’ve ever done is ..." She paused. "I can’t think of one."

One bit of trivia is that the band’s 2011 crossover hit "Just a Kiss" was "completely inspired by my relationship with Chris," Scott, 25, said. The song is arguably the most popular pro-abstinence song ever, with lyrics such as:

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

Just a touch of the fire burning so bright

And I don’t want to mess this thing up

No, I don’t want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might

Be the one I’ve been waiting for my whole life

So baby, I’m alright with just a kiss goodnight

"We took it slow," Scott said of her relationship, which began during Tim McGraw’s 2010 tour when Lady Antebellum opened and Tyrrell was drumming for another opening act, Love & Theft. "Our relationship is blessed because of that restraint."

In addition to talking with Scott, we interviewed opening acts Darius Rucker and Thompson Square about Valentine’s Day and why the trio of Lady Antebellum wants crowds to "own the night."

Darius Rucker » The 45-year-old Carolina native and former frontman for Hootie & the Blowfish said his wife won’t be with him on Valentine’s Day, but perhaps the crowd will show him some love.