Feb 3, 2006

Former country Grammy nominee Sheryl Crow and her fiance, world-class cyclist Lance Armstrong, publicly announce the end of their relationship

Feb 4, 2006

Carlene Carter marries Los Angeles TV figure Joe Brown in Jamaica

Feb 27, 2006

Record producer John Carter Cash and wife Laura Weber Cash have a son, Jack Ezra Cash, named for the older brother of John Carter's father, Johnny Cash

Feb 28, 2006

Ron Cyrus, the father of Billy Ray Cyrus, dies in a Lexington hospital after battling lung cancer. The senior Cyrus spent 20 years as the Flatwoods representative in the Kentucky General Assembly

Mar 15, 2006

Two of Hank Williams Jr.'s daughters, Hilary and Holly, are injured in a one-car accident in northern Mississippi on the way to the funeral of their maternal grandfather. Holly has multiple broken bones; Hilary requires eight hours of surgery

Mar 17, 2006

Two days after a major automobile accident, Hank Williams Jr.'s daughter, Hilary Williams, has a second surgery cut short at Memphis' Regional Medical Center when she has trouble breathing

Mar 23, 2006

Buck Owens gives a nine-carat diamond ring to Karen Rotan, his girlfriend of more than four years

Mar 25, 2006

Mindy McCready gives birth to her first child, Zander Ryan McCready, in Nashville

Mar 27, 2006

Country Weekly reports new singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson and his wife, Amy, have separated, their marriage strained by his time away from home performing and promoting his career

Mar 30, 2006

Country Weekly reports Blake Shelton filed for divorce from Kaynette Shelton the previous month in Tennessee's Hickman County