If you’ve kept even a casual eye on the revolving door of Charleston romance, you know the deal with Austen Kroll. He’s the guy who famously couldn't choose between a beer and a girlfriend for about six seasons. But then, Audrey Pratt walked into a restaurant in Charlotte, and suddenly, the man who once had a three-way screaming match on a sidewalk was talking to a therapist about "intentionality."
It felt different. Honestly, it was different. For a while, the "Honda Civic of attractive men" seemed to have finally parked in a permanent spot.
But as of late 2025, the picture has shifted again. If you’re looking for the status of Austen Kroll girlfriend Audrey Pratt, you’re actually looking at a relationship that has officially entered the "ex" category. At BravoCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Austen confirmed what many fans suspected: he is single.
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The Meet-Cute That Actually Felt Normal
Most Southern Charm relationships start at a party where someone is already three sheets to the wind or through a messy DM slide. Not this one. Austen and Audrey met in December 2023 at a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Austen was in town visiting family. Audrey was out with her girlfriends.
In a move that feels surprisingly low-stakes for a reality star, Austen didn't even make the first move. He ran into one of Audrey’s friends near the bathroom. The friend basically told him, "Hey, you should go talk to her." He did. They ended up going to a baseball game for their first real date.
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No cameras. No production-scheduled "brunch." Just two people at a ballpark.
Audrey isn't a "Bravolebrity" by trade. She’s a North Carolina native from Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. She graduated magna cum laude from East Carolina University in 2020 with a degree in business administration. While she’s done some modeling, her "day job" has been as an account executive in staffing and recruiting. She’s ten years younger than Austen, but by all accounts—including the opinions of the often-harsh Charleston cast—she was the "chill" one in the room.
Why the Audrey Pratt Relationship Felt Different
For years, Austen’s dating life was a series of high-octane explosions. You had the Madison LeCroy era, which was essentially a three-year war of attrition. Then came the Olivia Flowers and Taylor Ann Green mess, which involved a secret "make-out" session that practically nuked a friendship group.
When Austen Kroll girlfriend Audrey Pratt entered the scene, the volume turned down.
- The Four-Month Rule: Austen waited four full months before he let her meet his parents. He told his therapist he wanted to be "intentional." He didn't want to bring a girl home, have his parents fall in love with her, and then break up two weeks later.
- The Stamp of Approval: Even Madison LeCroy, the woman who usually has a sharpened tongue for Austen’s partners, called Audrey "lovely."
- Low Profile: They didn't go Instagram official until May 2024 at a Carolina Hurricanes game. That’s an eternity in the world of reality TV "clout chasing."
The couple spent most of 2024 navigating a long-distance relationship. He was in Charleston; she was in Charlotte. They reportedly saw each other every week, and for a minute there, it looked like Austen might actually move or she might head south.
The "Casualty" of Reality TV
So, what went wrong? Why are we talking about them in the past tense?
Austen was pretty blunt about it at BravoCon 2025. He called the relationship a "casualty" of the show.
Basically, once the cameras started rolling for Season 10 and Season 11, the "outside noise" became too much. When you’re dating someone off-camera, it’s just two people. When you bring that person onto Southern Charm, you’re dating that person plus Shep Rose’s opinions, plus Craig Conover’s commentary, plus the ghost of every ex-girlfriend who happens to be at the same party.
Austen mentioned that as the relationship hit the one-year mark, the "what’s next?" questions started piling up. Marriage? Moving? In the pressure cooker of a TV set, those questions don't get answered over a quiet dinner; they get debated in confessionals.
The split seems to have happened right around the two-year mark. It wasn't a "cheating scandal" or a massive blowout. It was more of a slow fade under the weight of a lifestyle that Audrey, a "go-with-the-flow" person, maybe didn't want to drown in.
Is There a Future for Austen and Audrey?
Right now? It doesn't look like it. Austen has been leaning into his "single era," though he admitted to People that he sometimes hates the single life and feels like it's a "grass is greener" situation.
Audrey, for her part, has kept her private life relatively private since the split. She isn't out there doing a "breakup tour" or selling stories. That alone says a lot about why she was probably the best thing to happen to Austen's reputation in years.
What You Should Know if You're Following This
- Status: Officially single as of November 2025.
- The Reason: "Outside noise" and the pressures of filming Season 11.
- The Debut: You can still see their early relationship stages play out in Southern Charm Season 10.
If you’re a fan of the show, the next step is watching how Austen handles the fallout in the upcoming episodes. Usually, a breakup sends him spiraling back toward familiar faces. Keep an eye on his interactions with the rest of the cast this season; that’s where you’ll see if the "intentionality" he learned with Audrey actually stuck or if he's headed back to his old ways.