How Travis Kelce Has Bonded With Taylor Swift's Brother Before Wedding
For Travis Kelce, finding love Taylor Swift meant he could add another brother to his growing family.
After the pair started datingin 2023, the pair began blending their respective clans. For Swift, she started bringing her parents and younger brother Austin Swift to root for Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs alongside his family.
Kelce and Taylor tied the knot in July 2026 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where both of their brothers played integral roles in the ceremony.
"Taylor and Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen," a statement read on the day the pair said "I do" inside the iconic venue. "Instead, her brother, Austin Swift, served as Taylor's Man of Honor and Jason Kelce was Travis' Best Man. The ceremony joined both families together."
Keep scrolling to learn more about Travis' friendship with Taylor's brother, Austin:
Travis Kelce Invites Austin Swift to Offseason ‘Adventures'
Before Travis kicked off his 2025-2026 football season, he enjoyed his much-deserved off-season rest with Taylor and her family..
Travis shared a13-photo Instagram slideshow in July 2025 that included a selfie with Jason and Austin posing in a grove of trees with a mountain landscape behind them. In a separate photo, Travis and Austin were spotted fishing at a creek.
"Had some adventures this offseason, kept it 💯," Travis captioned the post, which ended up being an Easter egg for Taylor's song "The Fate of Ophelia" that was released months later.
Travis Kelce and Austin Swift Start Christmas Day Tradition
Austin joined the Kelce family onChristmas Day 2023, when he showed up to the Chiefs' game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium dressed head-to-toe in a Santa Claus costume and handed out presents.
Kylie Kelce, Jason's wife, even awarded Austin the "New Heights Holiday Stamp of the Week" on the December 29, 2023, episode of the brothers' "New Heights" podcast.
"I was going to pick on Travis. I was going to say whoever wore the Santa suit," Kylie said at the time.
Travis replied, "That was Austin Swift. Well, it was Santa."
Travis subsequently revealed the highly personal gift Austin had pulled from the Santa sack for the tight end himself: a VHS copy of his favorite football movie, Little Giants.
"He actually made me feel like a child because his gift to me was straight out of the bag," Travis said. "[He] handed me a VHS of my favorite football movie of all time. … I respect a full commit. It was a full commit. He killed it."
During that Christmas game, Taylor and Austin sat in the private suite at Arrowhead with their parents, Scott and Andrea Swift. Travis' father, Ed Kelce, also joined the group for the game.
Austin Swift Bonds With Travis Kelce's BFF at the ‘Eras Tour'
Austin had been a fixture at Taylor's Eras Tour concerts after the run launched in 2023, and once Taylor and Travis became an item, the NFL star's BFF Ross Travis folded into the extended crew, too.
Ross attended Taylor's November 15, 2024, show in Toronto, sharing an Instagram Story from the VIP tentcaptioned "family night." He and Austin - sporting a VIP lanyard - posed together in matching black baseball caps and glowing Eras Tour LED bracelets.
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This story was originally published July 4, 2026 at 7:24 AM.