Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban: A Timeline of Their Relationship

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban: A Timeline of Their Relationship

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are both natives of the land down under, but the couple met and fell in love on the other side of the world. The Big Little Lies star and Urban first crossed paths at the G'Day USA Gala — an event honoring Australians in Los Angeles — in 2005. Kidman was immediately smitten with the country singer, but Urban took a little longer to come around. "I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn't interested in me," Kidman told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017. "It's true! He didn't call me for four months." However, the "God Whispered Your Name" singer didn't immediately contact the actress because he wasn't in the right mindset for a relationship at the time. "Somebody had given me her number and I had it in my pocket for a while. I kept looking at it thinking, 'If I call this number, she's going to answer. I don't know what [to] say,'" Urban recalled on the Australian talk show Interview in 2018. "I wasn’t in a very healthy place in my life." He added, "I'd never have thought she’d see anything in a guy like me. But, at some point, I plucked up the courage to call those numbers and she answered, and we started talking and we talked and talked and talked and talked and it was effortless." [jwplayer eyRyctfQ-zhNYySv2] The couple later tied the knot in June 2006 in a romantic ceremony in Manly, Australia. Kidman and Urban's wedded bliss was short-lived as the "Wasted Time" crooner entered rehab in October 2006 after the Bombshell star staged an intervention. "I caused the implosion of my fresh marriage," Urban told Rolling Stone in 2016. “It survived, but it’s a miracle it did. I was spiritually awoken with her. I use the expression ‘I was born into her,’ and that’s how I feel. And for the first time in my life, I could shake off the shackles of addiction.” Kidman gave birth to their first child, daughter Sunday Rose, in July 2008. Urban and the Moulin Rouge star welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate in December 2011. The Oscar winner is also the mother of daughter Isabella and son Conner, whom she adopted with her ex-husband Tom Cruise. The Lion star told Harper's Bazaar in 2018 that her marriage has been successful because the couple always make time for each other. "Obviously I work hard, but when I’m off, I’m off,” she explained. “Keith and I are very good at immediately clicking off because we have a really good life in Nashville that’s very simple, quiet and nourishing because we’ve made it like that.” Scroll down to see a timeline of their relationship. [podcast_block]

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban: A Timeline of Their Relationship

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are both natives of the land down under, but the couple met and fell in love on the other side of the world. The Big Little Lies star and Urban first crossed paths at the G'Day USA Gala — an event honoring Australians in Los Angeles — in 2005. Kidman was immediately smitten with the country singer, but Urban took a little longer to come around. "I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn't interested in me," Kidman told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017. "It's true! He didn't call me for four months." However, the "God Whispered Your Name" singer didn't immediately contact the actress because he wasn't in the right mindset for a relationship at the time. "Somebody had given me her number and I had it in my pocket for a while. I kept looking at it thinking, 'If I call this number, she's going to answer. I don't know what [to] say,'" Urban recalled on the Australian talk show Interview in 2018. "I wasn’t in a very healthy place in my life." He added, "I'd never have thought she’d see anything in a guy like me. But, at some point, I plucked up the courage to call those numbers and she answered, and we started talking and we talked and talked and talked and talked and it was effortless." [jwplayer eyRyctfQ-zhNYySv2] The couple later tied the knot in June 2006 in a romantic ceremony in Manly, Australia. Kidman and Urban's wedded bliss was short-lived as the "Wasted Time" crooner entered rehab in October 2006 after the Bombshell star staged an intervention. "I caused the implosion of my fresh marriage," Urban told Rolling Stone in 2016. “It survived, but it’s a miracle it did. I was spiritually awoken with her. I use the expression ‘I was born into her,’ and that’s how I feel. And for the first time in my life, I could shake off the shackles of addiction.” Kidman gave birth to their first child, daughter Sunday Rose, in July 2008. Urban and the Moulin Rouge star welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate in December 2011. The Oscar winner is also the mother of daughter Isabella and son Conner, whom she adopted with her ex-husband Tom Cruise. The Lion star told Harper's Bazaar in 2018 that her marriage has been successful because the couple always make time for each other. "Obviously I work hard, but when I’m off, I’m off,” she explained. “Keith and I are very good at immediately clicking off because we have a really good life in Nashville that’s very simple, quiet and nourishing because we’ve made it like that.” Scroll down to see a timeline of their relationship. [podcast_block]

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January 2005

Kidman and Urban were introduced at the G'Day USA Gala in Los Angeles. On their 10th wedding anniversary, the Grammy winner shared via Instagram the first photo that he said the couple took "within minutes of meeting each other."

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June 2006

The couple wed in Manly, Australia, with celebrity guests including Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman in attendance.

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October 2006

Kidman staged an intervention for her husband, who entered the Betty Ford Center after battling substance abuse for years.

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July 2008

Kidman gave birth to their daughter, Sunday Rose, on July 7. The Others star shared a throwback photo of the parents holding their newborn baby in July 2018.

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December 2011

Kidman and Urban welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate on December 29.

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June 2017

"Happy Anniversary Babygirl. Eleven years and you still feel like my girlfriend!!!" Urban captioned a selfie of the couple via Instagram.

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June 2018

The "Somewhere in My Car" singer shared a photo of Kidman dancing while he played the piano. "12 years of celestial synergized soul dancing. Happy anniversary Babygirl!!! I love you SO much," he wrote via Instagram.

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November 2018

The couple cried and hugged each other after Urban won Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 CMA Awards. “Baby girl, I love you so much, thank you,” the "Making Memories of Us" singer told Kidman while he accepted the award on stage.

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March 2019

Urban revealed that the racy lyrics in his 2018 song "Gemini" are about his wife in an interview with iNews. “The song is actually about Nicole – and she loves it,” he said at the time. “It’s a fun song. My cowriter Julia Michaels asked me to describe Nicole and that’s what came out.”

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May 2019

Kidman praised Urban for supporting her while she filmed the darker scenes on Big Little Lies season 2.

“I have the most extraordinary partner in life. I will always say that about him,” she said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I’m one of the very fortunate women in the world to have had a wonderful father, and I have a wonderful husband, and I’m just very — I love to be able to say that because to talk about the good men that have influenced me and affected me.”

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December 2019

The twosome packed on the PDA while celebrating the holidays on a romantic getaway in Sydney.

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January 2020

An eyewitness told Us Weekly that Kidman was "crying" at the Gold Meets Golden pre-Golden Globes event in Beverly Hills, after learning that the couple's house was "under threat" from the Australian bushfires. 

 The actress later told Extra that their house wasn't harmed. “Our home is OK," she said. "It's been under threat, though, it's been under enormous threat, and the surrounding areas have been very, very badly burned."

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February 2020

The Batman Forever actress and Urban enjoyed a low-key Valentine's Day date at the Dollywood amusement park.

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May 2020

The country crooner revealed that Kidman broke her ankle while quarantined amid the coronavirus pandemic. "About five weeks ago, she was running around the neighborhood, as she does, and just didn't see a pothole and rolled her ankle and got a small break in her ankle," he said in an interview with The Project. "And so she's been relegated to the boot for the last handful of weeks."

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August 2020

"Two #tumbleweeds are better than one ," the Big Little Lies star teased via Instagram while helping her husband promote his latest single, "Tumbleweed." In the sepia-toned photo, the pair cozied up in nearly identical denim jackets, white shirts and dark jeans.

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February 2021

The parents gave a rare glimpse of their daughters while watching the Golden Globe Awards from home as a family in February 2021. Even though they weren’t attending the show in person, the whole crew still took it upon themselves to dress up.

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October 2021

“Happiest of birthdays, my love,” Kidman captioned a sweet Instagram photo of her stealing a kiss from her husband, who turned 54 on October 26.

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December 2021

While promoting Being the Ricardos, Kidman gushed about her husband, telling Entertainment Tonight, "I honestly wouldn't be here without him, so I say that with incredible love and gratitude. He's my rock. He's my everything."

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December 2021

During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the country star addressed a rumor that he wasn't initially interested in the Being the Ricardos actress, noting that never was the case.

"I was like, 'There's no way this girl is interested in me at all,'" Urban shared at the time. "Somebody had given me her number, and I couldn't bring myself to call that number. ... I was nervous!"

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January 2022

"I met him later in life and it's been the best thing that's ever happened to me," Kidman said during a CBS Mornings interview of her husband. "That man is the best thing that's ever happened to me."

The Becoming the Ricardos star added: "We're a mix. We're very suited [for each other]. I'm incredibly lucky to have met him."

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February 2022

The pair sweetly showed PDA while posing on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. The nominee paired a Saint Laurent dress with Harry Winston jewelry at the awards show, while her husband sported a suit.

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March 2022

While Urban was performing in Las Vegas the night before the Oscars, he jumped on a red-eye flight to support his wife, who celebrated her nomination for Being the Ricardos.

“He got on a plane, got here at 1 a.m. and he's here with me,” Kidman gushed to Vanessa Hudgens on the ABC red carpet, holding her love’s hand.

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May 2022

Kidman — or "Nicole Urban," as she introduced herself to the crowd — crashed the country star's Las Vegas concert mid-performance, but it wasn't to join him for a song. "I want to get your jacket," she explained, according to a video Urban shared via Instagram. "You put it on the floor and I'm worried..." After the couple eventually found the jacket in question, Kidman shrugged it on and blew a kiss to the audience before dashing off stage. "Just a Saturday night in Las Vegas!" Urban joked. 

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June 2022

"Sweet XVI," Kidman captioned a wedding photo as she and the country crooner celebrated their 16th anniversary. "Remember this like it was yesterday. Forever." Urban shared a tribute of his own, gushing, "HAPPY SWEET 16 BABY xxxxx."