Dolly Parton’s Unforgettable Love Story with Husband Carl Dean

Dolly Parton’s love story with Carl Dean began when they met outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964, and it was love at first sight—at least for Dean. He knew from the moment he saw the country music star that he would marry her.

Despite her record label’s request for her to wait a year before tying the knot, Parton and Dean got married in 1966, and they’ve been together ever since. In 2022, when Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, she announced her next album would be a tribute to Dean’s love of rock music.