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| Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings were married in 1969, and she later became a country-music hit with the song "I'm Not Lisa." He died in 2002; she's still recording music. (Alan L. Mayor/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| When you come down to brass tacks, country music is about family and love. And many of the genre's most well-known performers truly walk the walk. Like Johnny Cash who married the love of his life, fellow country singer June Carter, in 1968 in Kentucky. They died in 2003, within four months of each other. Here: the Cashes with son John in 1971. (Express/Getty Images/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Tim McGraw and Faith Hill met on the Spontaneous Combustion tour in 1996, and he proposed right before a show. She had to write her response on a mirror. They were married later that year. Here: singing at a charity event in 1996. (KMazur/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings were married in 1969, and she later became a country-music hit with the song "I'm Not Lisa." He died in 2002; she's still recording music. (Alan L. Mayor/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Country's Brad Paisley wed Hollywood actress Kimberly Williams in 2003, two years after he'd become smitten while watching her in Father of the Bride II and casting her in one of his videos. She's now known as Kimberly Williams-Paisley. (Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Garth Brooks married longtime friend and collaborator Trisha Yearwood in 2005. They now live together in Oklahoma. (Ron Wolfson/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Austraila's Keith Urban wed A-list actress Nicole Kidman in 2006 after the pair met at a Hollywood event honoring Australians the year before. They have two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. ( Ed Rode/WireImage/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| American Idol country crooner Carrie Underwood married Ottawa Senators center Mike Fisher in July 2010 -- they'd met after one of her concerts in 2008. The music at their wedding, however, was classical. Here: at a Grammys Event in 2010. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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| Singer/songwriter Blake Shelton proposed to fellow country musician Miranda Lambert in June 2010 -- but only after receiving her father's blessing. They married May 14 in Texas, with guests including Katherine Heigl, Reba McEntire, and Kelly Clarkson cheering them on. (Rick Diamond/LIFE.com) Visit LIFE: Your World in Pictures |
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