Country music certainly has more than its fair share of songs about heartbreak and cheating, but that doesn’t mean that country stars can’t engage in long, happy marriages outside of their careers.
While country’s shortest and most contentious marriages tend to attract a lot of coverage, there are actually quite a few happy, very long-term marriages in country music.
Some of the happiest country music marriages are between fellow artists, including Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Little Big Town singers Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook and more.
That said, quite a few of country music’s happiest and longest-lasting marriages feature a spouse who, though mostly unknown to the fans, is actually the secret power behind the throne, so to speak. Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren, are a good example of that.
Some of the country couples in the list below have been married just a few years, and some have been together for decades. But all of the marriages have one thing in common: they seem to be blissfully happy unions.
Read on to discover the happiest marriages in country music, and keep scrolling the pictures to see country music’s shortest and most contentious marriages.
PICTURES: The Happiest Marriages in Country Music
Country music has more than its fair share of songs about heartache and cheating, but that doesn’t mean country stars can’t have happy, long-term marriages. These country stars have found out how to make love last.
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Learn Which Country Couples Have Been Married the Longest
See which country couples have been married the longest. At No. 1 it’s a couple who have been married for nearly 60 years!
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See Country Music’s 14 Shortest Marriages
See country music’s shortest marriages, including one that only last four days!
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See Country Music’s 14 Shortest Marriages
See country music’s shortest marriages, including one that only last four days!
Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes
PICTURES: Country Stars Who’ve Been Married the Most Times
Love and marriage have inspired many country songs over the years, but some stars take it to extremes in their personal lives. Some of the greatest country singers have been married three, four, five and even six times!
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Sterling Whitaker is a Senior Writer and Senior Editor for Taste of Country. He focuses on celebrity real estate, as well as coverage of Yellowstone and related shows like 1883 and 1923. He’s interviewed cast members including Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Sam Elliott and Harrison Ford, and Whitaker is also known for his in-depth interviews with country legends including Don Henley, Rodney Crowell, Trace Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and more.