When Garth Brooks appeared on “The Ellen Show” in 2013 he recalled his first meeting with Trisha Yearwood: “It’s strange because I felt that feeling like when you just meet your wife, but I’ve been married for 13 months.” The country crooners just happened to bump into each other in the attic studio of songwriter Kent Blazy, who had asked the then label-less demo singers to come and record a few tracks. Brooks and Yearwood had more in common than they could have imagined, as both were on the cusp of taking the country music world by storm.
As Yearwood admitted to CMT, “We hit it off, but I had no idea he would turn out to be Garth Brooks!” (via People). After their meeting, Yearwood reportedly walked away with $10 for the demo recording (Brooks got nothing) and a promise from her future husband that he would help catapult her to stardom as soon as he was officially signed to a label.
Indeed, the two sang backup vocals on a number of each other’s tracks before officially collaborating with one another in 1998. By that time, Brooks had found success with “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” and Yearwood with “She’s In Love with the Boy,” and oh boy was she, though they didn’t make it official until 2002, following Brooks’ divorce.
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