The beach seen in the movie is the largest man made beach in the world.
Jana Kramer and Barry Bostwick also starred together in Christmas in Louisiana.
This is the second movie where Wes Brown and Barry Bostwick co-starred together. The first being Hallmarks Love under the Stars.
The Gulfport Harbor Lights Festival actually began in 2015 as a commercial endeavor. Island View is a Casino & Resort. Hurricane Katrina occurred August 29, 2005. So the Harbor Lights Festival was 10 years after the Hurricane that decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast. But it's hardly small town. There are nearly a dozen major Casino Resort Hotels from Biloxi to Bay St. Louis.