Dolly Parton shares never-before-seen picture of husband Carl, and fans are going crazy

Even though Dolly Parton is 77, the beloved singer has no plans to slow down. Her amazing career is still very much active to this day, and outside of the spotlight, she lives a quiet and calm life with her husband Carl.

Now, Dolly Parton has shared a new never-seen-before picture of the two — and one specific detail in it has fans losing it.

Dolly Parton has been around music all her life, and nothing seems to stop her from continuing to do what she loves the most.

She was born on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky Mountains. She grew up somewhat poor: as one of 12 children money was quite an issue.

However, music became something her family gathered around. Her mother sang and played guitar, and when Parton performed in church at a young age, she started to learn more about music.

“Music was such a large part of our whole family,” Parton recalled. “All of my mama’s people were musical. They all played some sort of musical instrument. Of course, I took my music really seriously, and I was always plucking along on somebody’s instrument — whatever they would leave lying around or whenever my family would come. But I always loved the guitar.”

Dolly Parton got her own guitar from her uncle. Before long, she had started to write her own songs.

By age 10, she had performed on several local television and radio stations in Knoxville, Tennessee, and at age 13, she made her debut on the national country radio station, Grand Ole Opry. At the time, she was making about $20 a week.

Family and music walked hand in hand with the Partons, and it was her uncles that helped her take the next step.

“I had two uncles who played — Uncle Bill, who helped me get into the business, and Uncle Lewis, who was also a great guitar player,” she said. “He had this little Martin guitar that I loved, so when he saw how serious I was about my music, he gave me his little Martin guitar. It was my treasure.”

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