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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Are Country Royalty! See a Complete Timeline of Their Romance

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Updated on: Apr 11, 2024 4:44 pm·

By Kelly Braun and Samantha Agate

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True love is hard to find, but it seems Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood hit the jackpot when they first met in the late 1980s. Although it took years for their love story to begin, they have surely become one of country music’s most beloved couples.

Since falling in love in the early 2000s, Garth and Trisha have flourished as a superstar duo. Not only have they sustained successful careers in the music industry, but the adorable couple has proven exactly what it means to be in love with your best friend.

While chatting with Closer Weekly in January 2019, the “Forever Country” singer opened up about her longtime marriage with Garth. “I’m madly in love with him,” she gushed. “We were such good friends for such a long time [before we married], so I think at the end of the day, it’s the friendship and the respect that sustains you.”

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1987

Garth and Trisha met for the first time in 1987 when the two were recording a tune at a songwriter’s attic studio. At the time they crossed paths, Trish was married to her first husband, Christopher Latham, while Garth was married to his first wife, Sandy Mahl.

During a 2013 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Garth opened up about the complexity at the beginning of their friendship. “It’s strange, because I felt that feeling like when you just meet your wife, but I’d been married for 13 months,” he said at the time.

Trisha was also married to her second husband, Robert Reynolds, from 1994 to 1999.

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1990

Even though they were both married, the “Thunder Rolls” singer and the songstress kept a career friendship in the late ’90s. Trisha told Closer that being friends was a huge plus before they became an official couple.

“Because we were each married before and we’ve been friends a long time, you might know some things you might not tell somebody you’re dating, so it’s a blessing and a curse — he knows everything about me,” she divulged in January 2019.

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2000

In 2000, Garth decided to retire to spend more time with Sandy and their three daughters, Taylor, August and Allie. Soon after that, the duo got divorced.

By that year, Trisha had already called it quits with her first husband, as well as married and divorced her second husband, Robert.

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2002

Nearly two years after calling it quits with Sandy, Garth and Trisha made their first public appearance on the red carpet in June 2002. The adorable pair were all smiles as they attended the 33rd Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards Induction in NYC.

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2005

Just three years after going public with their enviable romance, Garth and Trisha got engaged in 2005. They wasted no time as they quickly got married on December 10 of that year.

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2009

Trisha stood by Garth’s side while leaving a conference after announcing he was officially come out of retirement in 2009. During a chat with Closer and other reporters at the celebration of A&E Biography’s upcoming Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On TV special in November 2019, the country icon got candid about life after divorce.

“[I] got divorced, moved back to Oklahoma and left Nashville, left the music business … [I] was living with three strange women that I did not know,” he said of his daughters. “They were 8, 6 and 4. And I was about to get a crash course in females.”

It wasn’t until he began dating the “Georgia Rain” songstress that things began falling into place. “My best friend showed up. It was good, helped me out a lot,” he gushed.

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2011

Garth and Trisha couldn’t keep their hands off each other on the red carpet in 2011. The adorable couple had their love on full display while attending the Songwriters Hall of Fame Annual Awards Gala in 2011.

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2014

Going strong! Trisha and Garth stood side by side as they walked the red carpet at the ASCAP Centennial Awards in 2014.

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2018

In 2018, Garth and Trisha are geared up to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary. The country songstress gushed about the previous year’s special celebration while chatting with Closer.

“Garth has three daughters who are now grown, so we got married as a family — they had to accept me, we all exchanged vows,” the “Every Girl in This Town” singer explained in early 2019. “So our anniversary isn’t a romantic getaway. It’s, ‘If these girls can get together, we get together.’ So we did, and we try to every year.”

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53rd Annual CMA Awards, Arrivals, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, USA - 13 Nov 2019

February 2021

In February 2021, Garth announced his wife tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, the “Dance” singer revealed Trisha was on the mend. Garth shared the news in a statement on his official Facebook page.

“The Queen and I have now tested twice. Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for,” he said, noting he had no plans to leave his wife’s side after he tested negative.

“Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together,” Garth continued. “And anyone who knows her knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out the other side of this thing together.”

Nearly two weeks later in March, Trisha shared the “official news” that she is “covid-negative” in an announcement on Facebook. “Thank you all for your love, support messages and sweet tweets!”

The “Walkaway Joe” songstress then praised her “incredible husband” for being by her side. “[Garth] is literally Superman and never got covid, but still took all the precautions to keep everyone we know and love safe!”

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SLIDE: 2021 Trisha and Garth have one of the strongest marriages in all of country music, but that doesn't mean the two never bicker. Because both superstars are "very independent people who run [their] own ships," it's easy for the pair to "butt heads" every now and then. "Sometimes, when two people are driving two big ships, it can be difficult," Trisha told Us Weekly in April 2021, noting [the pair has]THEY'VE** learned to "balance" their independence and time together while quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic. "I think it was kind of navigating; how do we stay alphas, stay independent, do our own thing, feel like we run our own lives, but be a couple," the "I'll Carry You Home" songstress explained. "It’s a balance where sometimes one person is running the ship and sometimes the other person is, and sometimes you’re going to butt heads." Fortunately, the duo is really good at being together 24/7. "Before this past year, we were together all the time. I mean, we really are a couple who got married to be together, so we don’t spend that much time apart," she gushed.

August 2021

Trisha gave an update on her marriage with the “If Tomorrow Never Comes” crooner during an interview with People in August 2021. Recalling when she battled COVID-19 earlier in the year, the CMA Country Christmas star joked about how Garth “drove [her] crazy” in quarantine.

“He would not stay away from me,” she quipped, pointing out the reason she didn’t want to be in close quarters with her hubby. “I’m like, ‘Dude, I cannot be responsible for giving Garth Brooks COVID. You have to go quarantine on the other side of the house.'”

Though Trisha praised the music producer for taking “really good care” of her amid her diagnosis, she understood why Garth was so adamant about staying by her side. “I had what was considered a mild case. [But] he was really worried about me,” she said. Fortunately, “he never got sick and he was vaccinated.”

After so many years of marriage, Garth is more dedicated than ever to Trisha!

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Relationship Timeline: Details

June 2022

In June 2022, Garth was joined by his lovely wife during several shows on his stadium tour. The pair performed a stunning rendition of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s “Shallow” that blew the audience away. In a press event held at Rice-Eccles Stadium that same month, the hitmaker gushed over sharing the stage with his wife.

“Everybody treats her like the queen and it’s like, ‘Who’s the guy with her?’” he said with a huge smile on his face. “I always feel good until she shows up in the room, and then I’m a plus one kind of guy. But I can tell you that there is no other human being on the planet I’d rather be next to.”

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CMT Honoree

In April 2024, Trisha was the recipient of the June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award at the CMT Music Awards. However, Garth was noticeably absent from the ceremony. Still, he gave his wife a sweet shout-out on Instagram.

“We can say this because we live around her … Who she is, what she does, and how she lives her life embodies EVERYTHING this June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award is all about,” he penned in his caption. “In both heart and action, @TrishaYearwood ALWAYS shows up — whether building houses for Habitat for Humanity, mentoring young female artists or walking across the country to raise money for breast cancer, Trisha is consistent in her actions to help others. June Carter Cash and Trisha share a lot in common, both world class vocalists and both lovers of people … we can’t think of anyone more deserving to be the inaugural recipient of this award! Let’s celebrate Trisha, celebrate the legacy of June Carter Cash and pledge to do more for humanity just like these legends… let’s learn from them and always pay it forward !!!!”