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Parton herself fanned the flames of cheating rumors, telling fans at her earlier concerts that she "put a stop" to Dean spending so much at the bank where Jolene apparently worked. It's one of her most beloved songs, and along with the success of it came speculation that the lyrics hit a little too close to home. On the track, Parton sings about confronting a young red-haired woman name Jolene who she believes is sleeping around with her husband. In 1973, Parton released the hit song, " Jolene" that would, one year later, become the title of her fourteenth studio album. But when we’re together, we have enough things in common that it works." He doesn’t need me in his face, and it’s the same with me. Parton added: "He wants to be mostly around the house. "We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun. "They say that opposites attract, and it’s true," she told People in 2015. However, Parton credits their difference to the success of their five decades-long relationship. "They say that opposites attract, and it’s true." After the dinner, Carl turned to me and said, 'Dolly, I want you to have everything you want, and I'm happy for you, but don't you ever ask me to go to another one of them dang things again!'" We got out and walked up the red carpet and went inside and sat through dinner and the awards. So Carl and I got dressed up, he was in a tux, and we drove to the dinner. 1 for Bill, and it was BMI's Song of the Year. "This was my first big record," remembered Parton. " But when the night's festivities were over, Dean made it clear that he wanted nothing to do with the entertainment business. Parton was honored with a songwriting award, for the Phillips recording of " Put It Off Until Tomorrow. Parton recounted a BMI dinner in 1966, which was the first (and last) industry event she and her husband attended together. Though Parton was on the fast-track to becoming the legendary country music artist she's revered as today, her husband, who runs a local asphalt-paving company in Nashville, chose to stay out of the spotlight. "But I said, 'I can't get married in a courthouse because I'll never feel married.' So we found a little Baptist church in town, and went up to Pastor Don Duvall and said, 'Would you marry us?' We got pictures on the steps right outside the church." "My mother made me a little white dress and a little bouquet," Parton told Country Music Television (CMT). According to People, the record label wanted her to think about it, and Parton, in typical Southern fashion, responded,"I ain’t waiting!" Parton and Dean decided to elope because her record label, Monument, was worried that Parton getting hitched would get in the way of her music career. Back in 1966, Parton had just gotten her big break by singing the demo, " Put It Off Until Tomorrow," for country music artist Bill Phillips, and her first solo hit, " Dumb Blonde," was gaining momentum on the music charts. The only people in attendance were Parton's mom, Avie Lee, and the preacher and his wife. Spoiler meet-cute alert: It all began at the laundromat. Here's a look back at how Dean swept her off her cowboy-booted feet five decades ago. And Parton went out of her way to make Dean feel special on his birthday-by dressing up as a Playboy bunny. That's like a date in itself," Parton told People. And he'll usually write me a little poem. "In the springtime when the first yellow daffodils come out.my husband always brings me a bouquet. Īccording to Parton, Dean always thinks of ways to make her feel special. We just do our little things like that," Parton told People. Or we'll pull up to some little Days Inn motel, go in as long as the bed's clean and there's a bathroom. And then we'll go find some riverbank somewhere with our little camper, park, have a picnic. "I'll cook the stuff that I know we love. After 57 years together, Parton says she and Dean keep the spark alive by planning spontaneous, but simple, dates for one another. In a 2020 interview with People, Parton gave a rare insight into her married life. Yet Dean's privacy may just be the secret that keeps their romance strong. He's like, a quiet, reserved person and he figured if he ever got out there in that, he'd never get a minute’s peace and he's right about that." "A lot of people have thought that through the years, because he does not want to be in the spotlight at all," Parton told ETin 2020. Dolly Parton's Touching Tribute to Kenny RogersĪccording to Parton, this has led to the prevalent theory that her husband doesn't actually exist.