For The Sake of Valentine’s Day: Here is How Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Tied The Knot

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been and still are a celebrity power couple. Even though they hold that title, their personal commitment and affection for one another is far more important than any article could define. However, who doesn’t love a good love story? That being so, here is how the two country music superstars tied the knot.

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Between appearing in Taylor Sheridan’s 1883 and collaborating on several different musical projects, McGraw and Hill have seemingly conjoined careers and showed it off to the public eye. Although, this wouldn’t have come to fruition if it wasn’t for McGraw’s Spontaneous Combustion tour in 1996.

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Were “Goo-Goo-Eyed in Love”

Before Faith Hill joined her future husband on his 1996 tour, the two artists first crossed paths at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville in the spring of 1994. However, at the time, the two were in committed relationships, so the prospect of dating was off the table. Although, that changed when the two shared the stage on McGraw’s 1996 tour.

Regarding the tour and their impending marriage, McGraw told People, “We were young and silly and goo-goo-eyed in love.” Furthermore, Hill added, “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,” continued Hill.

Despite the evident romance between the two, Hill was reluctant to get engaged to McGraw. He recalled, “We had dated for a while” and “I actually asked her to marry me quite a few times and she kept saying no. She said, ‘I’m not going to get involved with another country singer, it’s just not going to work out.’” Though, McGraw’s persistence seemingly got the better of Hill. Matter of fact, he remembers the very moment he proposed.

McGraw remembered, ” I went onstage … When I came back offstage, [I saw] a Sharpie with lipstick kisses all over it, saying, ‘Yes! I’m gonna be your wife.’” After that the rest is history, as Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been married since 1996. Take McGraw and Hill’s relationship as a lesson, a lesson teaching you that true love never comes easy. Rather, to obtain it, you need to grip and grapple and toss and turn.

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