Since then, they’ve remained completely devoted to each other.
“That’s a long time to be doing anything.
It’s nice to be married in this business.”
However, this myth couldn’t be further from the truth, according to the country icon.
Keeping their relationship strong requires quite a bit of effort and some strategic time apart.
According to Parton, it’s one of her go-to ways of keeping the spark alive in her marriage.
The"I Will Always Love You"singer elaborated in an interview withE!
“I always say ‘Stay gone!’
and there’s a lot of truth to that.
The country star had to accept they’d be spending more time together during the COVID-19 pandemic, however.
“The reason [marriage] worked for me is because I’ve stayed gone.
I can’t get away now.
I’m stuck there now,” she quipped.
“I might find out who he is.
We may not make it until the next anniversary.”
Luckily, that doesn’t seem to have been the case.
