Toby Keith’s Wife Tricia Lucus: Everything To Know About Their Marriage

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Image Credit: Image Press Agency/MEGA Toby Keith is simply a highly celebrated state icon. He is joined to Tricia Lucus. Toby is simply a begetter of 3 and gramps of four.

Toby Keith, 61, is thing abbreviated of a state euphony legend. From his eponymous debut medium successful 1993 to his efforts arsenic a euphony shaper and beyond, he’s been a household sanction for decades. The Arkansas autochthonal boasts an awesome array of awards implicit his career, including CMA Male Vocalist of the Year (2001), Academy Of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year (2002-2003,) and American Music Award’s Favorite Country Male Artist (2004 & 2006.)

He dipped his toed into the movie manufacture with starring roles successful 2005’s Broken Bridges and 2008’s Beer for My Horses, which helium besides wrote. As an entrepreneur, his enterprises see a concatenation of restaurants called Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, a enactment of covering called TK Steelman, and a portion called “Wild Shot.” All of these efforts, including his ain grounds label, Show Dog-Universal, person helped marque him 1 of the wealthiest celebrities successful the country.

Toby has besides courted governmental controversy, facing disconnected with the Dixie Chicks implicit his blimpish anthem “Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue” and backing up erstwhile President Donald Trump by performing astatine pre-Inaugural lawsuit “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” successful January of 2017.

Backstage and down the scenes, Toby has relied connected his woman of 39 years, Tricia Lucus, for enactment and companionship. Amid his tummy crab battle, here’s everything to cognize astir his matrimony to Tricia, from their longtime national to their children and beyond.

Toby Keith’s wife

Toby and Tricia joined successful 1984. (Image Press Agency/MEGA)

Toby and Tricia joined connected March 24, 1984, aft dating for 3 years. Per The U.S. Sun, they dated for 3 years earlier tying the knot, and initially met astatine an Oklahoma nightclub. Tricia brought a girl to the matrimony — Shelley Covel Rowland, calved 1980, whom helium adopted close away.

In a 2001 interview, she shared what applicable romance with Toby is like. “Most radical deliberation helium is conscionable the astir romanticist idiosyncratic connected the planet,” she told PEOPLE. “He has his moments of charm. It is bully to get a bouquet of flowers, but I’ve told him, ‘Save the money. Roses dice successful 5 to 7 days. Buy maine an outfit oregon instrumentality maine to dinner.’”

Tricia has avoided the glare of the spotlight alongside her celebrated husband, but aft 39 years together, it’s harmless to accidental they person a coagulated union. On March 24, 2023, Toby’s authoritative Instagram relationship shared an exceptionally uncommon throwback pic of the mates to people their 39th anniversary. In the black and achromatic pic, which appeared to person been taken successful the 1990s, Toby rocked long, curly hairsbreadth and a tuxedo, portion Tricia wore a gorgeous velvet evening gown.

“Happy day to Toby and Tricia!” the caption read. “Show them immoderate emotion successful the comments.”

Do Toby & Tricia Have Kids?

Yes! In summation to Shelly, present 42, Toby and Trica welcomed girl Krystal, (“Krystal Keith“) LaDawn Covel Sandubrae on September 30, 1985, and lad Stelen Keith Covel, successful 1997. As it happens, Krystal, present 37, is besides a musician, and signed with her dad’s Show Dog statement backmost successful 2013. Stelen, present 26, heads up performance booking institution Nostalgic Nights. As their children are each grown, Toby and Tricia are besides grandparents of four.

In a Thanksgiving 2019 post, the singer/songwriter posed with his full family. “Happy Thanksgiving. There definite is simply a batch to beryllium thankful for. -T,” helium captioned the uncommon household photo.

Tricia is supportive

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In the 2001 interrogation with PEOPLE magazine, Tricia shared what initially drew her to the aboriginal star.  “He was conscionable 1 of those larger-than-life guys, afloat of confidence,” she told the outlet successful uncommon comments astatine the time.

Toby erstwhile told Country Weekly how helium admired her lasting by him, contempt their aboriginal struggles. “Dozens of radical told Tricia, ‘You request to spell archer your aged antheral to get a existent job. It took a strong-hearted and loving pistillate to say, ‘He’s bully capable astatine euphony that I’ve got to fto him try. And it’ll beryllium a large changeable for some of america if helium tin marque it work.’”

“He’d say, ‘Trish, 1 of these days, my clip is coming. Hang successful there,’” Trish told PEOPLE. Obviously, helium delivered connected the promise. And erstwhile Keith was diagnosed with tummy cancer successful 2022, she continued to basal by him, arsenic their matrimony marches connected to 40 years strong.

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