On July 1, Jennifer Aniston arrived at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood with a new man — 42-year- old actor Chris Gartin. The pair grabbed a table and, according to a source, spent the next two hours in deep conversation. So how far did the connection go?

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“She was very bubbly and enthusiastic,” the eyewitness tells OK! of the actress, 41. “He listens to everything she says without interrupting,” the insider says of Chris.

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“She loves that about him.”

So who is Christopher Russell Gartin?

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He may not be a megastar like Jen (he’s had bit parts in movies and TV shows like True Blood), but he is pals with Jen’s besties, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, who fixed up the pair.

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Even better: He is recently divorced, a father of two and “a natural dad,” a pal tells OK!. Perfect for the family-minded Jen, who could play mom to his kids before having a child of her own — maybe with him!

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“She likes him a hell of a lot,” a Jen insider tells OK!

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