Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have one of the most enduring marriages not just in country
music, but possibly in Hollywood as a whole.
The unfairly attractive couple have been married since 1996 and share three daughters, Gracie,
Audrey, and Maggie.
They don't just share a family, they also share a brand - they've toured together and
even recorded an entire album of sugary duets, The Rest Of Our Life.
That brand is lucrative, especially on the road.
Billboard reports that Hill and McGraw's first joint tour in 2000, dubbed Soul2Soul, grossed
$47.8 million.
Their second, Soul2Soul II from 2006 through 2007 grossed a whopping $141 million - making
it the highest grossing country tour of all time.
Their 2017 Soul2Soul World Tour raked in $71.3 million.
In the early stages of Hill and McGraw's couplehood, Hill was the bigger star, Billboard noted,
enjoying crossover pop success with "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me" in the late 1990s.
McGraw said that during that period, while Hill did press, McGraw stayed home and watched
the kids, joking he was just "Mr. Hill" at the time.
Eventually, the tables turned and Hill's crossover success waned, while McGraw became a country
megastar - and when they first teamed up to work together, their careers soared higher
than ever.
Hill was engaged to record producer Scott Hendricks when she hit it off with McGraw
in 1996 - and she doesn't regret it.
She told People in 1998,
"If someone is going to judge my character because I was engaged to somebody and then
I left him for somebody else [...] I can't control that.
But I wasn't about to let Tim slip through my hands."
McGraw, meanwhile, admitted to Billboard that he had a girlfriend when he first met Hill
in 1994 - and his girlfriend felt threatened by McGraw's chemistry with the blond bombshell.
He recalled,
"For me, there was an intense physical attraction.
I guess my girlfriend saw it in my eyes.
She said, 'I don't want you around her.'"
He later revealed on The Kelly Clarkson Show that he wooed Hill with one of their favorite
cheat meals.
"Chicken and dumplings is a big go-to at our house, that's sort of how I hooked Faith,
is with chicken and dumplings."
Since the inception of their romance, one of Hill and McGraw's hallmarks has been their
frequent public displays of affection and openness about their love lives with the public.
Hill told People that their tour bus was nicknamed "The Love Bus," admitting,
"A lot goes on in that bus."
Music writer and McGraw's former publicist Holly Gleason put it plainly to People, saying,
"Watching Tim and Faith on stage is like two hours of total foreplay.
It's sexy.
It's adult."
Not only did McGraw get seriously ripped over the years, he also got sober in 2008.
He admitted to Oprah's Master Class in 2014 that before he quit drinking, he needed "liquid
courage" to perform live - and it ended up getting way out of hand.
"It got to the point where I knew that I drank too much, and I knew that it was affecting
my personal relationships."
McGraw admitted to People,
"[Without Hill] I'd be dead.
Oh yeah, I would have partied too hard."
McGraw didn't go to rehab or participate in a 12-step program - he claims he just stopped,
for his family.
For whatever reason, McGraw and Hill are often plagued by rumors of marital discord.
It usually doesn't phase them too much - but it irks them every once in a while.
Discussing the constant rumors, Hill told People in 2000,
"I've had an affair with my makeup artist, a female; an affair with my hairstylist; my
marriage is on the rocks; Maggie is not Tim's child.
The naysayers.
I don't need their approval.
I have too much going on.
If that's their entertainment, fine."
In 2013, the couple denied reports that they were divorcing.
In 2018, a source told Closer Weekly that Hill was horrified after McGraw collapsed
onstage for fear he may have been drinking again, but it turned out the crooner was just
super-dehydrated.
Clearly, they've worked through any tough spots, but that hasn't stopped similar gossip
headlines from continuing to pop up.
Still, as it stands, the couple remains as blissfully happy as ever - haters be damned.
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