The Islands in the Stream hitmaker eloped in 1966 after she was advised not to marry Carl
with her husband Carl Dean, 81. After meeting outside a Nashville laundromat, the Islands in the Stream hitmaker, then 20, and the asphalt businessman, then 23, got married in a very intimate ceremony in 1966 with just her mother as a witness.
"Not in a cruel way! But if I ask him if he likes my hair – ‘too stringy for me’ or ‘it looks too important’ - you know like if it’s too stiff... he always calls it that, ‘It looks too important’, but I know if I ask him - he won’t just volunteer it - but if I ask him he’ll tell me the truth," she explained.In fact, she credited their mutual openness as the secret to their happy relationship.
"We're going to get married again!" Dolly said to People in 2016, revealing she wants a much more elaborate second wedding dress.
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