Dolly Parton has shared an insight into her 54-year-strong marriage to Carl Dean - and why they never started a family. Songstress Dolly tied the knot with Carl back in 1966, but Dolly explained that they'd never had kids because she believes that's not what God wanted for her.
Chatting candidly to Oprah Winfrey for her new Apple series, the Jolene singer spilled: "I've made sacrifices [for my career] but I believe that I know what I'm supposed to do. "Since I had no kids, and my husband was pretty independent, I had freedom.
So I think a big part of my whole success is the fact that I was free to work." She added: "I didn't have children because I believe that God didn't mean for me to have kids so everybody's kids could be mine, so I
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