from The Boot - by Robyn Flans

We've heard all the rumors, and now we know it's (possibly) true -- Carrie Underwood has a new beau. According to the November 17 issue of US Weekly magazine, the 'Idol' beauty and former 'Bachelor' Travis Stork are indeed an item.

"They have been dating. They are a lovely couple," Martin Pavell, the father of Stork's brother-in-law, told Us Weekly of the duo that has reportedly become known as "Cork," according to insider in Nashville.

US reports that Stork, who serves has one of the medical experts on the new daytime series 'The Doctors,' has been visiting Underwood during her current tour, and cites the New York Daily News report that the two were seen in Manhattan following the unveiling of her wax figure at Madame Tussauds, in addition to a citing at a Toronto restaurant earlier in October.

While the 36-year-old Stork had given the final rose to a fellow Nashville resident Sarah Stone during 'The Bachelor: Paris' finale broadcast in 2006, the two split up by the time they were asked to do the post-finale press, as they admitted they had grown apart during the time they were required to be apart after the show's finale. Stork and Underwood have been reportedly seeing each other since August