And still she married him.īlake Shelton and Miranda Lambert (married May 14, 2011): The budding romance between Shelton and Lambert and the goings on at their Oklahoma hideaway were breathlessly chronicled from inception until the two converged at the marital altar. Thereby giving her fair warning he’d be spending more time baiting hooks than hanging curtains. He hired her to play the enraged girlfriend in his 2002 music video, “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song),” Is this domesticity or what?īrad Paisley and Kimberly Williams (married March 15, 2003): No one can say Paisley was dissembling in his pursuit of Williams, the actress he first spotted in the film, Father of the Bride. You can sometimes see them walking hand in hand through Nashville’s Whole Foods store or leaning across a table at Bread & Company. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman (married June 25, 2006): Drawn together by a common language - Australian - this madly talented twosome fell for each other quick and hard. Before the tour was over, McGraw popped the question, and by fall, there were wedding bells. 6, 1996): They got to know each other on McGraw’s prophetically named Spontaneous Combustion tour with Hill as his opening act. Some wondered if they would have enough shelf space for all the hardware once they got together. She, a gospel and pop star, had won armloads of Dove awards. Vince Gill and Amy Grant (married March 10, 2000): Gill and Grant admired each other’s music for years before they became acquainted. From there, their friendship blossomed and, through the years, turned into romance. After he became a record-and ticket-selling phenomenon, Brooks tapped Yearwood to open shows for him. 10, 2005): These two met in Nashville as lowly and largely anonymous demo singers. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood (married Dec. Some of these fizzle, some mature into long-term relationships and a few become exemplary marriages, bastions of mutual devotion and support.įor this Valentine Day, we cast approving glances on 12 celebrity couples who continue to bring fans and creativity to country music.
Country music is a veritable petri dish for sprouting love affairs between performers.