Jewel`s a newlywed.

The singer and her longtime boyfriend, rodeo champion Ty Murray, eloped to the Bahamas and exchanged vows in a private ceremony Thursday night, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"She wore a traditional wedding gown, while Ty wore his favorite blue jeans, white shirt and cowboy hat," says Jewel`s rep. "The couple is very happy and look forward to enjoying their honeymoon."

The pair, who never announced an engagement, have been together for ten years and share a 2,200-acre ranch in Stephenville, Texas. Murray, 38, who hosted Ty Murray`s Celebrity Bull-Riding Challenge on CMT last year, currently stars in the video for his wife`s new country single, "I Do."

At a charity event in Nashville days before the wedding, Jewel, 34, said of marriage, "It`s something that needs to be taken seriously."

Just last year, she told PEOPLE that she and Murray were in no rush to wed.

"We don`t know if there`s a point – we`ve lapped our friends who`ve gotten married and divorced," she explained. "We probably would if we had kids – we`re just not sure we want them yet. But we`ve had something really special already."

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