{"id":7012,"date":"2016-02-14T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2016-02-08T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:12:10","slug":"country-couple-whos-livin-on-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/02\/14\/country-couple-whos-livin-on-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Couple who&#8217;s &#8220;Livin&#8217; on Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/AlanandDeniseJackson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7013\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7013 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/AlanandDeniseJackson-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/AlanandDeniseJackson-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2016\/02\/AlanandDeniseJackson.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a>Everyone wants a love \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/theboot.com\/johnny-cash-june-carter-cash-love-stories\/\">like Johnny and June,<\/a>\u201d but I want a marriage like Alan and Denise. I\u2019m not downing the wedding of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, but I have always admired the nuptials of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Jackson\">Alan Jackson<\/a> and his wife, Denise. Most girls fantasize about this idea of a grand wedding and then living happily ever after with the man of their dreams, but I\u2019m not most girls. I like to consider myself a realist! Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I can\u2019t wait to marry my husband, but I also know that it isn\u2019t going to be a bed of roses everyday after that, but that doesn\u2019t mean, despite the ups and downs, that a marriage can\u2019t end up being all one had hoped for. The Jackson\u2019s embody that perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once Upon a Time\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The local Dairy Queen, where all small town love stories start! It\u2019s true in this case anyway. Their relationship began in 1976 when Alan threw a penny at his future wife during a group hangout one night, which ultimately led to him following her home. (Kind of creepy if you asked me, but if she liked it, I love it!)<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Alan Jackson - &quot;1976&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bs4goSw-hwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After finally working up the nerve to ask her to marry him, the high school sweethearts were wed on December 15, 1979. Three daughters and a country music career followed shortly after. It\u2019s true, the saying, \u201cBehind every successful man is a woman.\u201d It was Denise who jump started Alan\u2019s profession by approaching country star Glen Campbell while working as a flight attendant and told him about her husband, who was looking to become a country singer. Campbell eventually helped Alan get a record deal with Arista Records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the love of Fame!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Jackson began to rise in the country music realm as a crowd favorite, his home life popularity was plummeting to dangerous altitudes. The couple eventually split in February 1998, upon Denise learning of an affair that Alan engaged in during their marriage. The 49-year-old Grammy Winner was quoted saying, \u201cWe were just kids when we started out. We didn&#8217;t ever have the chance to fall in love as adults and to learn who you are before making a commitment. I think we lost some of that original feeling. I did anyway.\u201d Even though stepping out on your wife isn\u2019t commendable, I do admire his transparency and honesty with his fans. It just goes to show that no one is perfect, not even the celebrities we hold to high esteem. And in true Alan Jackson form, he recorded a song named &#8220;I wish I could back up,&#8221; that showed his regret and remorse for his actions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Alan Jackson - I wish i could back up\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bAdu-5cBX08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT GOD\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After just four months of separation the two decided to work through their issues and rekindle their romance. Denise credits a lot of their success to her deep-rooted faith, as she worked through the forgiveness process with her husband, stating, \u201cGod took our mess and made something wonderful out of it. It took us going through that to finally have the kind of relationship we both always wanted.\u201d The couple renewed their vows on their 20th wedding anniversary, and continues to keep one another at the top of their priority list. This year they will be celebrating 37 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#MarriageGoals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I admire this couple so much, because they just show that one truly can have it all: fame, faith, and family. It may not always be honeymoons and sunny days, but marriage is a wonderful experience that requires work and time. Despite the ups and downs of life if two people truly love one another and are committed to the vows you take, you can actually have the love and marriage that so many country songs portray. So, yes even though there were trying times, please give me a marriage like Alan and Denise.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Alan Jackson - Remember When (Official HD Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTA2buWlNyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remember When&#8221; is, in my opinion, Alan&#8217;s ultimate love song to his wife as he looks back on his life with her. He describes their love from their first time together, through raising their children, and describes how they will &#8220;remember when&#8221; as they continue to grow old together. My heart literally melts when they slow dance in the video and he sings directly to her in that moment. You&#8217;ve can&#8217;t help but to fall in love with them as a couple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone wants a love \u201clike Johnny and June,\u201d but I want a marriage like Alan and Denise. I\u2019m not downing the wedding of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, but I have always admired the nuptials of Alan Jackson and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/02\/14\/country-couple-whos-livin-on-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[153,152,154],"class_list":["post-7012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post-2","tag-country-couples","tag-love","tag-marriage-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7063,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012\/revisions\/7063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}