Tim McGrawhad the sweetest surprise forFaith Hillwhen they celebrated 23 years of wedded bliss on Oct. 6.
The country star, 52, revealed the special gift he made for his wife during a recent sit-down onTheKelly ClarksonShow. Though hostKelly Clarksonjoked that she and husband of six years Brandon Blackstock forgot two anniversaries in the past, McGraw had a sentimental gift ready for this year.
“I was in Australia, I think, this was the first anniversary we were apart,” McGraw explained. “We were backstage and I recorded the very first song we ever did together. We did the Spontaneous Combustion Tour where we met when she was opening for me on my very first headlining tour, and we used to do theTony Rich song ‘Nobody Knows It But Me.’So I recorded it backstage with the guys and sent it to her.”
McGraw and Hill first met backstage at the 1994 CRS New Faces show. Then, when it came time for him to plan his 1996 tour, McGraw asked his team to reach out to Hill’s team, according toCMT.
Shortly after, the pair wed in October 1996.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Over two decades later, they’re raising their three daughters: Gracie, 22, Maggie, 21, and Audrey, 17. Their two eldest have moved out to attend their respective colleges, leaving McGraw and Hill to be empty nesters.
“I don’t know if we’re excited, we miss them,” he told Clarkson when she asked if they have been enjoying their time without their daughters.
Recently, McGraw opened up about their family life in his new book,Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life, explaining that more than 10 years ago his wife told him that hehad to decidebetween his rockstar lifestyle or his family.
source: people.com
