Country Music’s Biggest Couples

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Country Music’s Biggest Couples

Country music is all about love! Whether high school sweethearts or second chances at love, these couples are in it for the long haul. Superstars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have a love story for the ages — and their chemistry is still electric on stage after more than 20 years together. The twosome tied the knot in 1996 and went on to welcome daughters Gracie, Maggie and Audrey in 1997, 1998 and 2001, respectively. While the musicians celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, McGraw looked back on his unconventional attempt to win over Hill — which wasn't immediately successful. "We had dated for a while. I actually asked her to marry me quite a few times and she kept saying no," he noted via social media in October 2021. "She said, 'I'm not going to get involved with another country singer, it's just not going to work out.'" The "Humble and Kind" singer, however, wasn't going to give up easily. He took matters into his own hands during an outdoor concert. [jwplayer 9LJw7LQM-zhNYySv2] "They had these trailer houses set up. I'm getting ready to go on stage, and I had this sort of case that had this big mirror in it. She's standing there, and we're talking, and I said, 'Look, let's get married,'" he recalled of his proposal. "And she says, 'You're asking me to marry you at a country music festival in a trailer house.' And I said, 'Well, it's pretty apropos if you think about it.' She goes, 'Are you serious?' And I said, 'Well yeah, I'm serious.'" When McGraw got back to his dressing room that night, he got the answer he wanted. "And it was the best day of my life, that's for sure," he said. The 1883 costars have one of the sweetest romances in the books, but Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins constantly keep fans swooning in their own right. The childhood friends got married in 2012 and frequently showcase their life at home raising their four daughters: Willa, Ada, Lennon, and Lillie Carolina, the latter of whom was born in November 2021. In August 2020, the former nurse told Us Weekly that the forced pandemic quarantine has been somewhat of a blessing for their family. “Truthfully, as difficult as this quarantine has been for so many, we have really embraced the time as a family,” Akins said at the time. “We haven’t had this much time together in years.” Scroll down for a look at some of country music's cutest couples: [podcast_block]

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Tyler Hubbard and Hayley Stommel

One year after sparking their romance, the Florida Georgia Line crooner proposed during a 2014 helicopter flight. They exchanged vows the following July and went on to welcome daughter Olivia Rose in December 2017 and sons Luca Reed and Atlas Roy in August 2019 and September 2020, respectively.

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Luke Bryan and Caroline Boyer

Before debuting hits like “Play It Again” and “This Is How We Roll,” Bryan was a senior at Georgia Southern University falling for a freshman. The two dated on and off for years before tying the knot in 2006. The couple welcomed son Bo in 2008 and son Tate two years later. In 2014, after Bryan’s brother-in-law — his late sister Kelly’s husband — unexpectedly died of a heart attack, he and Boyer adopted their three kids.

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Jason Aldean and Brittany Kerr

This steamy romance began with a bit of controversy; the two were caught kissing in 2012 while Aldean was still married to then-wife Jessica Ussery, with whom he shares daughters Keeley and Kendyl. Following the country crooner’s divorce, the pair began dating. They wed in 2015 and have two children together, Memphis and Navy.

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Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell

Though the pair were acquaintances for years, when Lane and Bushnell finally got together … things happened fast. The two went public as a couple in late 2018, moved in together in March 2019, got engaged in June, and wed in October. “Woke up a married man!” the singer wrote on Instagram following their nuptials. They welcomed son Dutton in June 2021.

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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Hill and McGraw met and began dating in 1994. The couple tied the knot in 1996 and have three children together. They have collaborated on multiple songs, including “Let’s Make Love” and “It’s Your Love.” In fact, The performers have often joined forces in the entertainment industry: They've toured together multiple times co-starred in 1883, and presented together at the 2022 SAG Awards.

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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani

Shelton split from wife ex-wife Miranda Lambert in July 2015 and began dating his fellow Voice coach in November 2015. He wrote a song about Stefani in 2017 titled "Turnin' Me On,” and the couple have since collaborated together multiple times. Shelton proposed in 2020, and the couple tied the knot in July 2021 after Stefani was granted an annulment from ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. The “God’s Country” singer is stepdad to the No Doubt artist’s three kids, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo, whom she shares with Rossdale.

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Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton

Since marrying in 2007, Chris and wife Morgane have kept busy. In 2017, she acknowledged the couple’s 10-year anniversary via Instagram, writing, “Happy 10 year anniversary babe! You make my whole world go round.” Together the pair have five children. The two have performed together on multiple occasions, including at the 2020 CMAs.

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Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher

After meeting at one of her concerts in 2008, NHL star Fisher and Underwood began dating. In 2009, the two became engaged and got married a year later. They welcomed their first son, Isaiah, in 2015, and their second, Jacob, in 2019.

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

After knowing each other for years, Brooks proposed to Yearwood in front of 7,000 fans in 2005. They married later that year. In 2016, they released their first album together, Christmas Together. The Food Network host, who is stepmother to the country icon's three daughters, told Us Weekly in April 2021 that after a hard quarantine, the couple are "better now than ever."

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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman

After meeting in January 2005, Urban and Kidman quietly began dating and tied the knot in June 2006. Together, the couple share two daughters and frequently support each other on the red carpet.

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Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams

In 2001, Paisley started dating the actress and admitted he had been attracted to her after seeing her in Father of the Bride. The couple tied the knot in 2003. She also appeared in his “I’m Gonna Miss Her” music video. The pair have two sons. In 2019, the country star gushed to Us, “My wife makes me better. She does a good job of telling me how to have perspective.”

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Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins

The duo met in first grade and remained friends while growing up, eventually tying the knot in 2012. The couple adopted daughter Willa in 2017 after unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant. Much to their surprise, they got pregnant and welcomed their second daughter, Ada, in August of the same year. Daughter Lennon joined the family in February 2020, and their fourth daughter, Lillie Carolina, made her appearance in November 2021. Shortly before her arrival, the country singer told his social media followers that he’d “probably” be open to expanding the family even more.

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Luke Combs and Nicole Combs

After six years together — they first met in 2016, got engaged in 2018 and tied the knot in 2020 — Luke and Nicole Combs announced they are expecting a baby boy in January 2022. “Couldn’t be more excited to start a family with this babe,” the “Beautiful Crazy” singer wrote via Instagram.

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Kane Brown and Katelyn Jae

The “Be Like That” artist met his wife in 2015 and proposed three years later. They tied the knot in October 2018, and welcomed their first daughter, Kingsley, in 2019. The couple’s second daughter, Kodi Jane, was born in December 2021. In 2019, Brown expressed his desire to have a son, telling Us at the time, “I feel like we’re going to have to have a boy so he can protect her."

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Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd

The singer-songwriters’ meet-cute was one for a country song — literally. They met in 2013 while writing Tim McGraw’s track, “Last Turn Home,” and “it just kind of grew from there,” Morris told Us Weekly in 2019. “Music has always been really intertwined in our love for each other, and now that we aren’t just songwriters, we’re artists.” They married in 2018 and welcomed a baby boy, son Hayes, in March 2020.

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Mickey Guyton and Grant Savoy

The country artist and the lawyer have been together since 2010, when they met through Savoy’s stepsister. Guyton opened up about the beginning of their relationship via Instagram in 2019, writing, “When this man walked into my life I was broken. I put him through hell because I was so hurt. But he persisted and loved me through all of my imperfections and transgressions. … He now gives me the courage to be the human and artist that I was always meant to be." They tied the knot in 2017 and welcomed their first child together, son Grayson, four years later.

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Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin

The “Gunpowder and Lead” singer and the former NYPD officer have been married since 2019, but their relationship first made headlines due to its timing: They first met on the set of Good Morning America in November 2018, just days before McLoughlin’s ex gave birth to his son, Landon. Lambert has embraced her role as a stepmom, and she “has recently started trying to get pregnant,” a source told Us Weekly in February 2022.

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Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner

The singers met while competing on American Idol in 2018. Though neither took home the crown, they won the best prize of all: love. Barrett and Foehner got engaged in March 2019 and married in October of that year. They later welcomed daughter Baylah May in January 2021.

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Jimmie Allen and Alexis Gale

The Allens were introduced by the country singer’s cousin’s wife in the spring of 2019, and the Dancing With the Stars contestant popped the question in July of that year. The couple welcomed daughter Naomi in March 2020 and tied the knot in May 2021. A few months later, in October 2021, Alexis gave birth to their second daughter, Zara. The “Make Me Want To” singer is also dad to son Aadyn from a previous relationship.

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Walker Hayes and Laney Beville Hayes

The “Fancy Like” singer and his wife have known each other since elementary school. Walker and Laney dated throughout high school and college, and though they briefly split after graduation, they soon got back together and married in 2004. Together, they share six children: Lela, Chapel, Baylor, Beckett, Loxley and Everly. Tragically, they lost their daughter Oakleigh Klover in June 2018, hours after she was born.