From music to movies: How Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have balanced fame and family over the years

Actor Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban, both originally from Australia, were married in 2006 after meeting just a year earlier. Together, they share two daughters: Sunday Rose, born in 2008, and Faith Margaret, born in 2010 via surrogacy.

Before meeting Urban, Kidman was married to fellow actor Tom Cruise. The Hollywood couple divorced in 2001 after more than a decade of marriage. Kidman and Cruise adopted two children together: Isabella, born in 1992, and Connor, born in 1995.

Urban has been open about his struggles with substance abuse and credits his relationship with Kidman for helping him find a path to sobriety. He had never been married before.

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The Aussie couple first met at G’Day LA, an event celebrating Australian culture and contributions.

For Kidman, the spark was felt immediately, though she told Ellen DeGeneres on her program that Urban had not called her for four months. She had assumed that he “wasn’t interested,” but to her surprise, he did finally give her a ring.

That could not have been further from the case, with Urban telling Andrew Denton in an interview in 2018 that he “thought [Kidman] was way out of my league,” and that he didn’t believe that “in a million years […] that somebody like that would be interested in [him].” His comments show how his lack of self-confidence almost got in the way of his future relationship, and the happiness he has shared with Kidman and the family they share over the last twenty years.

Being there for each other

Both Urban and Kidman have spoken about the love and support their partner has provided to them in times when they really needed it.

Urban, in particular, has been candid about how the relationship compelled him to confront his substance abuse, crediting his wife’s support for helping him achieve sobriety. TODAY pointed to an interview Urban did with Oprah, where he said that he felt “very blessed to have Nic call an intervention” for him that had included “a tight group of friends.” After finishing rehab in 2007, Urban went on tour, and there have been no reports of lapses, though that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t struggled with his addiction since that time.

Years later, Nicole spoke to the support her husband provided her after her father died suddenly. Again, speaking with Ellen DeGeneres, she spoke to how grateful she felt to “have a partner who just literally carries you through a tough time.”

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The loss of her father was devastating, as many can understand, and Kidman said that she can be brought to tears thinking about the way Urban ‘stepped up’ for her and their family at a time when she grieving.

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