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There’s nothing like a backyard summer barbecue in Tennessee with six kids running around to bond two families – and movie stars. That was the case for Virgin River’ s Benjamin Hollingsworth as he arrived in Nashville to shoot holiday flick The Christmas Ring with Jana Kramer.

With his wife, Nila, and children (Hemingway, nine, Gatsby, seven, and Juniper, five) in tow, Hollingsworth headed to Kramer’s Nashville home to break the ice before the two began filming.

“We both have three kids around the same ages and instantly, the kids got along,” Hollingsworth, 41, tells Country Living. “I got along with her husband, Allan, and she got al

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