Country Couples

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton join a select group of country couples who have enjoyed musical success while married. We asked her to comment on some of her famous predecessors.

April 19, 2012 at 7:56PM
June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash.
June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash. (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Johnny Cash and June Carter

"They set the stage for what it is to be a couple in the spotlight because they had such an amazing relationship."

George Jones and Tammy Wynette

"Legendary."

Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter

"They're the coolest of them all."

Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash

"Oh, gosh. They're like renegades that were a couple."

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

"Hot." (Then she giggled.)

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

"I think they're very real and very down to earth. I don't know them, but they seem that way."

about the writer

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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