According to Closer Weekly, our favorite country couple actually met one another back in 1987 while recording a song together. Of course, Yearwood would have been married to Latham, and Brooks was also married to a woman named Sandy Mahl. That's not to say that sparks didn't fly, with Brooks saying, "It's strange, because I felt that feeling like when you just meet your wife, but I'd been married for 13 months."
The now-inseparable lovers stayed friends for a decade, with Yearwood saying, "Because we were each married before and we've been friends a long time, you might know some things you might not tell somebody you're dating, so it's a blessing and a curse — he knows everything about me."
Things didn't get romantic until around 2002, with Yearwood explaining about when she knew Brooks, who was also divorced by then, was the one, "It was probably the minute I met him, even though I didn't know it at the time. I just think we're meant to be" (via E! Online).
Today, Yearwood is a stepmom to the three daughters Brooks shares with Mahl, and enjoys a close relationship with them.
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