( RollingStone.com ) -- Scott Weiland has one more reason to be thankful this week -- the Stone Temple Pilots frontman is newly engaged to his girlfriend of one year , photographer Jamie Wachtel , he reveals exclusively to Rolling Stone . It will be the rocker 's third marriage . `` I am incredibly happy , '' says Weiland . `` She is incredibly beautiful in every aspect of the word . Lovely , smart , passionate . And she loves my kids and I love her son . We 're getting married in the spring , and our families will be living together . . . she 's the greatest thing that 's happened to me in a long , long time . '' Weiland met Wachtel last year while filming music videos for his Christmas album , `` The Most Wonderful Time of the Year . '' Wachtel , who was photographing the shoot , helped calm his nerves . `` I was kind of nervous because one of the songs [ `` I 'll Be Home for Christmas '' ] was a tribute to war veterans from World War II on to today . So I 'm in this vintage World War II dress outfit , and she was taking stills of me , '' Weiland recalls . `` I was leaning against this fireplace , and she 's like , 'You might want to tuck in your belly a little bit . ' It was around the holidays -- it was after Thanksgiving , and you know how that tends to be . I was kind of caught off guard , and I started laughing and she started laughing . And I do n't know . . . something magical happened . '' The two kept talking for the rest of the day , and Wachtel gave Weiland a ride home . `` I just thought , ' I have a feeling that I am going to fall in love with this woman , ' '' he remembers . After his prior relationship ended , Weiland took Wachtel on their first date . `` It was truly remarkable , '' he says , `` because I had fallen in love a couple times in my life and then for a long time , I 've been very disappointed and to the point where I 've been resolved to the fact that possibly it would never happen again and almost accepted that it would be OK. And then I met her . '' Before diving into the wedding planning , Weiland will hit the road later this month for a five-date solo tour , starting on November 25th in Glenside , Pennsylvania . Two of the gigs -- November 26th in New York City and November 28th in Asbury Park , New Jersey -- will include coat drives to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy . See original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
She met Wachtel last year while filming music videos for his Christmas album . The pair met last year while he was filming music videos for his Christmas album . Before diving into the wedding planning , Weiland will hit the road later this year .