Tim McGraw and Faith Hill may be an iconic country couple but for years, there have been rumors swirling that they’re actually on the brink of divorce. They’ve still somehow managed to stay together all this time, despite all the rumors. And you’ll never believe what’s actually been going on with them.
Tim and Faith are not just singers or entertainers. They’re a huge brand. They have recorded more than one duet album of love songs, and these albums are insanely popular with everyone. On top of that, their second Soul2Soul concert tour is the highest grossing country tour of all time.
That’s a pretty crazy fact, especially since Tim and Faith fell in love the first time they toured together. But before they even got together, Tim and Faith almost didn’t make it. Faith was married to someone else before she met Tim, a man named Daniel Hill.
Faith Hill Was Married Before Meeting Tim McGraw
Faith met Daniel when she came to Nashville to pursue a music career. For Daniel, it was life-changing. Daniel was interviewed about his marriage to Faith in 2007, and he admitted some shocking stuff. Daniel said that he was bowled over when he met Faith — and he hadn’t even heard her SING yet.
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Very soon after they met, Daniel and Faith got married. A source close to the couple back then said that Faith was devoted to Daniel. It was shocking to hear Faith talk about her first husband. Faith apparently told her friends that she would only be marrying one time, and she said that Daniel was the guy.
Nowadays, we all know that’s not the case. But what happened to Daniel and Faith? Daniel actually had an explanation for the breakup of their marriage. He said Faith was going through a huge change in her life. She had been adopted at birth, and it turns out that she’d never met her birth mother.
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During her marriage to Daniel, Faith began to search for her birth mom, and what Faith found out shocked her. When Faith found her birth mom and met her for the first time, it completely changed her life. When you hear Faith describe the moment, it really sends chills up your spine.
She said that she stared at her birth mother. She’d never met anyone who looked like her before. Meeting her birth mom made Faith realize something big. She had to turn her back on the ghosts of her past. Faith wanted to move on with a new life. And for her, this also meant divorcing Daniel.
Although Faith kept the last name Hill, her divorce from Daniel was finalized in 1994. She wouldn’t meet Tim until 1996. But when she did, she wasn’t single. After her divorce from Daniel, Faith got engaged to a record producer named Scott Hendricks.
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Had Partners When They Met
As for Tim, well, he wasn’t engaged or anything, but he did have a serious girlfriend. And apparently, Tim’s girlfriend was not a fan of Faith’s. Maybe the girlfriend noticed the crazy way that Tim acted around Faith. Even Tim said it was obvious.
Tim called his reaction to Faith “an intense physical attraction.” Faith ended up breaking off her engagement to Scott even though people gossiped about that, too, back in 1996. But Faith had a few choice words for the gossip hounds talking about her and Tim.
She said that she didn’t regret anything, and that being engaged to one guy and then leaving him for another did NOT make her a bad person. She also said that she wasn’t about to let Tim “slip through her fingers.” Then, on June 26, 1996, Faith knew Tim wasn’t slipping away.
Tim was about to go on stage, when he dropped to his knees and proposed to Faith. He ran out to perform for the crowd, and when Tim returned to Faith’s dressing room later, she had a message waiting for him on her dressing room mirror.
With a sharpie pen, Faith had written “yes, I’m gonna be your wife.” Fans loved their romance, and Tim and Faith’s marriage seemed strong for years. They had three daughters, and both of them had mega-successful careers. But one day, the rumors began to swirl.
Faith Almost Left Tim Due to His Drinking
There was trouble in paradise for Tim and Faith. Supposedly, Faith was on the brink of leaving Tim. Sources said that she was tired of Tim’s drinking and she was sick of hearing stories about her husband fooling around on the side. Reps for Tim and Faith must’ve worked a ton of overtime.
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They all kept repeating the same statement — the same one that they’ve been using for years. When it came to Tim and Faith breakup rumors, it was always untrue. But there’s something suspicious about that, especially when you hear what Tim said to Oprah Winfrey in a 2014 interview.
Tim admitted that he had been drinking on tour. It was shocking to hear Tim tell the truth. He revealed that he needed too much “liquid courage” to perform live. Tim said that he knew it was affecting his personal and professional life, and that he’d turned into someone he didn’t want to be.
In 2008, Tim got sober for good. He focused on his physical and mental health, and honestly, he’s never looked or sounded better. In magazine interviews around that time, Tim made some other shocking statements. He revealed that, without Faith, he wouldn’t have made it through his problems alive.
And as for how Tim got sober, the truth about this is crazy, too. Tim said that he didn’t go to a sobriety program or a treatment center. He just stopped drinking altogether, which is pretty insane. But unfortunately for Tim and Faith, the rumours didn’t stop.
Faith and Tim Have Dealt with Divorce Rumors for Years
Faith has even counted all the times that she’s heard rumors about her marriage breaking up. Apparently, Faith once heard that she’d been having an affair with her female makeup artist, another time, Faith heard about her supposed affair with a hairstylist. Then, Faith also heard a rumor that her middle child Maggie wasn’t actually Tim’s child.
All those rumors sound insane, and in 2013, there was another shocking announcement. Tim and Faith were supposedly going through another divorce. That wasn’t true either, but what’s more shocking is how Tim and Faith can brush off all that negative press.
Faith has made it perfectly clear to the press and the public that she doesn’t need anyone’s approval. and if people want to gossip about her personal life for their entertainment, that’s fine by her.
But one scary incident happened in 2018 that wasn’t fine by Faith. She was backstage at one of Tim’s concerts, probably clapping and cheering like his other fans there.
But then something crazy happened. A source said that Tim just collapsed onstage. The source also said that Faith looked horrified. Faith reacted out of pure shock.
Reportedly, Faith was worried Tim might be drinking again. But fortunately, that wasn’t true. Because as it turned out, Tim collapsed because he was performing so hard that he got dehydrated.
Faith and Tim’s Marriage Is Still Going Strong
Tim and Faith’s marriage made it over that bump just fine. But still, the breakup rumors wouldn’t quit. As recently as 2021, yet another story came out about Tim and Faith splitting up…
Unfortunately, this one had a little bit of truth to it, but not like you might think…After a huge and successful career with Sony Music, Tim’s people announced that he was leaving the label. The gossip magazines ran with it. They published cover stories with a picture of Tim and Faith and headlines that read “DUMPED.”
The truth was that Faith was still with Sony Music, but Tim wasn’t. So, any news about a split had to do with their marriage. But the gossip magazines didn’t let up…
They said that Tim leaving the Sony label was straining his marriage. And then another rumor came to light: Tim was apparently planning a solo tour, and Faith was worried about him going out on the road. The gossipers said that Faith worried about Tim’s sobriety and if he would start flirting with other women on the road.
Some publications even reported that Tim and Faith were taking a break. But in the end, every rumor about Tim and Faith was proven untrue again.
Tim and Faith aren’t getting a $200 million divorce. They aren’t living separate lives and they’re actually doing just fine.
