How long was Garth married to Sandy?
The two were wed in May 1986, and the pair had three daughters together: Taylor, August, and Allie. They made the decision to separate in 1999, and their divorce was finalized in December 2001.
Garth originally made the decision to “retire” in 2000, while in the middle of his divorce with Sandy. He had promised his oldest daughter, Taylor that he would pause his music career by the time she started school — but he missed it by two years, he said.
“I was getting divorced,” Garth said. “Sandy is kind of doing my job and her job with the girls. If Sandy is doing her job, she’s telling them, ‘Hey, your dad loves you to death. He’s just working, and he’ll be home soon.’ Well, I didn’t have anybody to do that anymore.”
Garth then spent the next 14 years co-parenting his kids with Sandy. His children are grown now, and his youngest daughter, Allie, is also a singer, just like her father.