Marty Stuart’s wife Connie Smith also belongs to the fraternity of professional singers. The power couple has been together for over two decades now, i.e., 24 years.
The couple crossed paths for the very first time when Stuart was just 12 years old. During their first meet, Smith was performing in Stuart’s hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Stuart and Connie met on July 24, 1970, at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia. The couple married after 27 years of seeing her for the first time.
The couple married each other regardless of 17 years of age difference. The male singer is 63 at the moment, whereas his wife Connie is 80 years old presently.
Marty and Smith walked down the aisle on July 8, 1997. Ever since, the prominent singer’s love for each other has only grown more strong in these 24 years of togetherness.
Not to forget, Connie had been married three times prior to marrying the singer. She was married to her first husband, Jerry Smith, in 1961 and later divorced in the mid-1960s.
After the divorce from her first husband, Connie married the guitarist in her touring band, Jack Watkins. However, her marital life with Watkins ended nearly a year after marrying.
Regardless of two failed married life, the singer yet again found her love. Stuart tied the knot with a telephone repairman Marshall Haynes shortly after her divorce from Watkins.
Connie, nonetheless, divorced yet again with her third husband in the early 1990s. After three failed marriages, the singer stated that she would never marry again in her life.
It was until she met Marty, who had told his mother back in 1970 as a then 12-year-old boy that he would marry Connie someday. In fact, after decades, the prediction even came true.
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