May 30, 2006

Dolly Parton and husband Carl Dean celebrate their 40th anniversary by visiting the church in Ringgold, Georgia, where they exchanged vows in 1966

May 31, 2006

Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook are married in Nashville. Bandmates Kimberly Roads and Phillip Sweet are among the witnesses

Jun 5, 2006

Andy Leftwich, a fiddler in Ricky Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder, marries Rachel Warren, daughter of The Whites' Cheryl White

Jun 6, 2006

Jack and Amy Ingram have their third child, Hudson Turner Ingram

Jun 12, 2006

Pat and Kori Green have a daughter, Rainey Green, in Fort Worth

Jun 19, 2006

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman arrive in Australia, where the couple is set to marry within a week

Jun 25, 2006

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are married at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in Sydney, Australia. He sings "Making Memories Of Us" at the service, witnessed by songwriter Monty Powell, producer Dann Huff and Capitol Records chief Mike Dungan

Jun 30, 2006

Future country singer Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are officially divorced

Jul 3, 2006

Country Weekly magazine reports Clay Walker and his wife, Lori, are divorced. Walker is now reportedly seeing model Jessica Craig

Jul 9, 2006

Merle Haggard's first wife, Leona Hobbs, dies in Bakersfield, California. During their marriage, they had four children: Dana, Marty, Kelli and Noel Haggard