The couple waited to be together until Grant’s divorce was finalized and married in March of 2000.
The real struggle at the time was blending their two families. Grant had three children from her marriage with Chapman, and they were working to create a new normal at the peak of their careers. All eyes were on the family and the children, ages 12, 10 and 7 at the time, took some time to adjust to their new situation.
Luckily, the birth of daughter Corrina in 2001 brought everyone together. She made their family home a house of love.
“[She’s] the glue of this whole family,” Gill told AARP. “She bonded all of us in a blood way that really did connect us.”
Mutual friend Rodney Crowell explained how perfect the pair is for each other.
“Sometimes one person in your life puts that final block in place, and you step into the ownership of who you are. That was a positive merging right there — two great, fun-loving, accessible people.
They’re the perfect couple and parents, fully realized human beings and philanthropists. And there’s absolutely no pretension about them, which is very rare.”
Grant has made multiple Christmas albums over the years including A Christmas To Remember and Home for Christmas.
Clearly the couple loves that time of year because they collaborate annually in Music City with their Nashville, Tennessee Christmas tour, 12 Days of Christmas at the Ryman, at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
