Dolly Parton & Carl Dean’s Relationship Timeline: Photos

Dolly Parton And Carl Dean met each other for the first time in the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville in 1964.

In an interview from 1976 with The New York TimesThe 79-year-old country singer said she would come to town with her dirty laundry.

“I was in such a hurry to get here – and after I put my clothes in the machine, I started walking through the street, just watching my new house, and this guy screamed at me, and I waved,” Parton recalled.

She added: “I am out of the country, I spoke to everyone. And he came by and well, it was Carl, my husband.”

Dean, on the other hand, said that his first thought when seeing Parton was: “I’m going to marry that girl.”

He remembered, “My second thought was,” Lord, she looks good. ” And that was the day my life started. “

Their relationship progressed soon after their paths were crossed, where Dean visited her every day and sat on the veranda while she saw her aunt and uncle’s son while they were working.

“That was my first chance to go everywhere with Carl, and he immediately drove me to his people’s house and introduced me to his mother and dad,” said Parton about the day she didn’t have to babysitays.

“Because he said he knew the moment he saw me he wanted that,” she gushed.