A look back at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's legendary love story
This country king and queen have a marriage that would make anyone melt
This country king and queen have a marriage that would make anyone melt
This country king and queen have a marriage that would make anyone melt
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are among music's most iconic couples, with one of the longest-lasting marriages in the industry. In the span of two decades, the country stars have collaborated on award-winning songs, tours and even a joint album 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not to mention .
"It's such a rare thing to be able to experience what we do for a living, and to do it together, really feels like all the moments are special," McGraw, 51, told . Added Hill, 51, "I watch him perform and still to this day I'm awed by it."
We're taking a look back at their love story.
How they met
McGraw and Hill first met in 1994, at a for new artists. Despite having a girlfriend at the time, McGraw it was love at first sight for him 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but not for Hill, who had just split from her husband of six years, music publishing exec Daniel Hill.
Two years later, Hill joined Tim on his Spontaneous Combustion Tour. This time, fittingly, sparks flew. McGraw was newly single at the time, but Hill was engaged to her former producer, Scott Hendricks.
Hill followed her heart, breaking off her engagement to begin a relationship with her fellow artist instead.
"If someone is going to judge my character because I was engaged to somebody and then I left him for somebody else," she told in 1998. "I can't control that. But I wasn't about to let Tim slip through my hands."
Tim and Faith get married
After a few months on tour together, McGraw told Hill he wanted to get married. "She said, 'We're at a country music festival in a trailer house, and you're asking me to marry you?'" he recalled in a in 2015. "And I said, 'Yeah.'"
McGraw went out on stage, and when he returned, Hill had written her answer on the dressing room mirror with a Sharpie and lipstick: "Yes! I'm gonna be your wife."
In October, the duo tied the knot in a private wedding in McGraw's hometown of Rayville, Louisiana.
The Hill-McGraw family
It wasn't long before the newlyweds welcomed their first child. Gracie Katherine McGraw arrived in May 1997, followed by Maggie Elizabeth McGraw in August 1998 and Audrey Caroline McGraw in December 2001.
"I had a very dysfunctional childhood," McGraw said in an interview with . "So I wanted what I didn't have: A stable family."
That desire for stability is what eventually led McGraw to give up alcohol, drugs, carbs and sugar, a decision that also resulted in a .
Tim and Faith's music
Hill and McGraw took turns staying home with their daughters as they enjoyed individual successes. They also debuted several duets 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including Grammy Award-winning hits "Let's Make Love" and "Like We Never Loved At All."
In 2000, the husband and wife embarked on their Soul2Soul Tour, then went back on the road in 2006 for Soul2Soul II. At the time, the latter made history as the . Soul2Soul: The World Tour came in 2017, as did their first-ever joint album, "."
As much as they are together, McGraw and Hill take time for themselves, too. "We both have our daily routines and we have our own dressing rooms," Hill said to People of their secret to a happy marriage. "We each have our own space to retreat to so we do get time to ourselves."