Carl was the love of Dolly’s life before he died in 2025. Learn more about the couple’s private relationship and whether or not they shared kids together.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 82. Parton's publicist confirmed his death to The Times. The singer-songwriter and actress posted a short statement Monday evening on Instagram,

The musician's ultra-private husband, who died on Monday, March 3, at the age of 82, previously had not appeared in public in four decades