and Trisha Yearwood have been married nearly two decades, but they've known each other even longer. The two met way back in 1987 and worked together over the years before they started dating in the early aughts, tying the knot in 2005. The couple often posts on social media together about their love and they'll celebrate 19 years of marriage this December.
Get to know more about Trisha Yearwood and her relationship with Garth Brooks. Yearwood is Brooks' second wife. He was previously married to songwriter Sandy Mahl from 1986 to 2001.
Brooks and Mahl share three adult daughters: Taylor (born 1992), August (born 1994), and Allie (born 1996). In an interview with , Brooks said he met Yearwood in 1987 when he was still married to Mahl. The two were introduced by a mutual friend, musician Kent Blazy.
"Do you really want to get into this?" Brooks said to DeGeneres, laughing. He said when Blazy asked him what he thought of Yearwood, he felt confused. "I said, 'Well, it's strange because I felt that feeling like when you just meet your wife?' But I'd been married (to Mahl) for 13 months," he said.
Brooks and Yearwood would initially have a professional relationship, he said in the interview with DeGeneres. The two collaborated over the years, and won a Grammy in 1998 for their song "In Another’s Eyes." But Brooks said they didn't start dating until after his divorce from Mahl.
"Being married, it's gotta be right, this is who you went to college with. And you were married in front .
