Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have long been one of country music fans' favorite couples, but there's a lot more to their love story than meets the eye.
Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have long been one of country music fans' favorite couples, but there's a lot more to their love story than meets the eye.
Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have long been one of country music fans' favorite couples, but there's a lot more to their love story than meets the eye.
Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have long been one of country music fans' favorite couples, but there's a lot more to their love story than meets the eye.
Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have long been one of country music fans favorite couples, but there s a lot more to their decades-long love story than meets the eye.
The couple met in Newnan, Ga., as teenagers, and they were high school sweethearts. Denise didn t even have to change her name when they wed on Dec. 15, 1979; her maiden name was also Jackson.
Denise played a major role in helping her husband achieve his dreams of country music stardom when, early on in their marriage when she was working as a flight attendant, she spotted Glen Campbell at the airport. She approached him and explained that her husband was an aspiring country singer, and Campbell gave her a business card for his Nashville publishing company. That company signed Alan Jackson to his first songwriting deal and helped the young newcomer establish valuable contacts in town.