Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton’s Relationship Timeline: From Duet Partners to Parents

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Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton's Relationship Timeline: From Duet Partners to Parents

Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton have a love story that keeps country music fans swooning. The pair tied the knot in October 2007, four years after meeting as songwriters in Nashville. While celebrating their 14th anniversary in October 2021, Morgane noted how much her life had changed since Chris became part of it. “I don’t remember much about life before you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for hearing me. Thank you for teaching me. Thank you for respecting me,” she gushed via Instagram alongside a romantic black-and-white photo. “Thank you for giving me everything I cherish in this life. I love you more than I’ll ever be able to put into words, but I’ll spend the rest of my time here on earth trying.” The couple, who share five children, make the perfect parenting and musical team. “My wife has great taste in everything but men,” Chris joked during a 2015 interview with The Washington Post. “The vast majority of the songs on my debut album, Traveller, came from lists she made.” Keep scrolling for a look back at the country stars’ relationship:

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Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton's Relationship Timeline: From Duet Partners to Parents

Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton have a love story that keeps country music fans swooning. The pair tied the knot in October 2007, four years after meeting as songwriters in Nashville. While celebrating their 14th anniversary in October 2021, Morgane noted how much her life had changed since Chris became part of it. “I don’t remember much about life before you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for hearing me. Thank you for teaching me. Thank you for respecting me,” she gushed via Instagram alongside a romantic black-and-white photo. “Thank you for giving me everything I cherish in this life. I love you more than I’ll ever be able to put into words, but I’ll spend the rest of my time here on earth trying.” The couple, who share five children, make the perfect parenting and musical team. “My wife has great taste in everything but men,” Chris joked during a 2015 interview with The Washington Post. “The vast majority of the songs on my debut album, Traveller, came from lists she made.” Keep scrolling for a look back at the country stars’ relationship:

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2003

The pair crossed paths in the Nashville music scene. “Eventually he asked me to write a song with him, and that ended up being our first date. We didn’t get much writing done that night,” she told The Washington Post 12 years later.

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2007

The twosome exchanged vows on October 27. Nearly a decade after their big day, Morgane revealed that her husband’s wedding band is engraved with “You Are My Sunshine,” in honor of the song by the same name.

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2009

Their eldest child was born, but the pair have chosen to keep their name private.

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2011

Family of four! Baby No. 2 arrived in 2011.

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2013

Morgane gifted Chris an old Jeep Cheroke, encouraging him to drive the 1979 vehicle across the country for inspiration. The car broke down, but the failed road trip inspired Traveller, his Grammy-winning debut record.

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2015

“Oh, we drive each other crazy once in a while,” Morgane told The Washington Post, noting that Chris’ song “Fire Away” describes how she feels during a fight. “But being without each other drives us even more crazy.”

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2016

While accepting the trophy for Best Country Album at the 58th Grammy Awards, Chris gave a sweet shout-out to Morgane. “This is something that you’d never, ever, ever dream of,” he said on stage.

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2017

“We’re married so we hold each other accountable,” the “You Should Probably Leave” artist told The New York Times of performing with his wife. “We can lift each other up on bad nights, kind of give each other a wink when we screw up or do something funny.”

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2018

Then pregnant with the pair’s third and fourth children, Morgane posed on the red carpet with Chris at the 60th annual Grammy Awards.

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2018

Reba McEntire announced at the 53rd ACM Awards that Morgane gave birth to twin boys, whose names have not been made public. “Those little rascals came a little bit early,” the Oklahoma native joked as Chris was absent from the April awards.

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2018

“I’m real proud of this award. I want to thank my kids who put up with me being gone quite a bit and not always being as good of a dad as I would always like to be,” Chris said while accepting Male Vocalist of the Year at the CMAs in November before thanking Morgane, who was once again pregnant. “I want to thank my wife for always being my rock and taking care of me and helping me find the right thing to be and the right thing to do.”

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2019

Baby No. 5, another boy, joined the family.

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2021

The pair walked the red carpet together at the CMT Artist of the Year event in Nashville in October. “Lot of love in the room tonight and that’s what music’s about, it’s about love,” Chris said while accepting the honor. “I’m grateful to play music, you know, this is meaningful, and I’m so grateful to the fans, I’m so grateful to CMT, so grateful to my wife and the children and all my family whose supported me through all these things.”

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2021

“Happy Anniversary to the lady who’s always got my back!” the “Parachute” singer captioned a black-and-white photo from tour in October. 

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2022

The couple attended the ACM Awards in March 2022 with two of their children, Ada and Wayland, by their side.

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2022

Chris and Morgane were all smiles at the Grammys in April, walking the red carpet after the singer’s Best Country Solo Performance win for “You Should Probably Leave.” He gushed, “I’ve got to thank my wife, Morgane Stapleton, for pushing me to record this song. We’ve tried this song several times and it never made a record, but it made a record this time and here we are.”

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2022

The couple celebrated 15 years of marriage in October. "You’re a keeper. Happy 15th, babe!" Morgane captioned a sweet Instagram tribute.

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2022

Morgane accompanied her man to the 2022 CMAs, where he scored multiple nominations.

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2022

"CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY!" Morgane captioned a holiday photo after a festive date with her spouse. "My Christmas present this year was a date night to go see the one and only Harry Connick Jr. in NYC. He is the most incredible talent and a world class performer. And his band!!! Y'all don't even get me started. ... We love you Harry!"

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2024

After Chris’ Higher record won the ACM Award for Album of the Year in May both he and Morgane took the stage to celebrate. “What an honor, thank you,” Chris said during his acceptance speech. “Thank you to my producers over here, my lovely wife, Morgane. Come on baby.”

Morgane, who is a producer on the album, gushed over her husband as she took over the mic. “I am so proud every day to get to work with the love of my life. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Thank y’all,” she said.