Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
After almost 25 years, Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black have been inseparable. Both Texas natives, the pair met at one of Clint’s concerts. At the time, Lisa was super famous for her role on the Dallas spin-off titled ‘Knots Landing’. Less than a year after their first meeting, the pair were married. Clint is a huge deal on the country music circuit, having had thirty singles reach the top ten on the U.S. Billboard country charts, and twenty-two of those singles have reached the number one spot.
The couple is great together, even musically, recording the hit duet “When I Said I Do” in 1999 – it reached the top of both the country and pop charts! The couple resides in Nashville, Tennessee, and have a daughter together, Lily Pearl Black, who was born in 2001.
Jason Aldean and Brittany Kerr
Jason Aldean is quite a big deal when it comes to the country music scene – he’s gone quadruple platinum! The multi-award-winning artist, including ACM Award Male Vocalist of the Year has had a wild ride on his way to the top. He thought he’d found that forever love with his high-school sweetheart, Jessica Ussery. However, the rumor mill was churning after he was photographed kissing the American Idol alum, Brittany Kerr – scandalously while he was still married to his wife!
Sorry Jason, but that’s just not cool! He tried to repair his marriage, but it was too far gone, with Aldean filing for divorce. Kerr and Aldean however, began dating, before getting married in Mexico in 2015. Since then, the pair have been inseparable, and have also welcomed their son Memphis into the world.
Shania Twain and Frédéric Thiébaud
Ms. Shania Twain recorded the bestselling album ever made by a woman, but soon after disappeared. Why? She lost her voice. This wasn’t just a few concerts or a matter of antibiotics – the singer didn’t record anything for an astonishing fifteen years. Her huge album successes happened largely due to the help of her husband and music partner, Robert “Mutt” Lange. 'Come on Over' sold 40 million copies – and is the bestselling album by a female artist.
Her first marriage was of course to Lange, after meeting at Nashville’s Fan Fair. They married in 1993, had a son, Eja together, however, were divorced in 2010, after it was found that she had an affair with Shania’s best friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud. But in a twist, Twain announced that she had got together with Thiébaud’s husband, Frédéric! Scandal!! Seems that the pair are stronger than ever, and very much in love!
Darius Rucker and Beth Rucker
When Rucker first laid eyes upon his future wife, Beth Leonard, something just clicked for him: “it was everything about her.” At the time, Rucker was still partying and enjoying the success of 'Hootie & the Blowfish', and Beth was working at VH1. Despite her initial rebuffing of Rucker, it seems that his persistence paid off, with the pair marrying in 2000. Since then, the couple has been happily together, but not without a few fun stories on the way.
Rucker remembers one night in NYC “She was walking up the stairs [to her apartment], and I said, 'Well, you know that I'm going to marry you, right?' She just laughed," he remembers. "Her roommate or her boyfriend was up there in their apartment, and I yelled, 'To whoever's up there in Beth Leonard's apartment, you can just leave because I just want you to know that I'm going to marry her!"
James Otto and Amy Alderson
A member of MuzikMafia, next up on our who’s who list is country artist, James Otto. If you’re unfamiliar with MuzikMafia, they’re a group of country musicians who create “country music without prejudice.” Also, a part of this group are musicians including the likes of Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich. Beginning his career with Mercury Nashville Records in 2002, he released one album, titled Days of Our Lives, before being unceremoniously dropped from the label in 2004.
He then proceeded to sign on with Warner Bros. Records, with a subsequent hit, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”, becoming his very first Number One hit, as well as being the Number One country single of 2008, according to Billboard. As to his love life, Otto married Amy Alderson back in ’05, before welcoming their baby girl Ava Katherine into the world, in August 2010.