Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are both natives of the land down under, but the couple met and fell in love on the other side of the world.
The Big Little Lies star and Urban first crossed paths at the G’Day USA Gala — an event honoring Australians in Los Angeles — in 2005. Kidman was immediately smitten with the country singer, but Urban took a little longer to come around.
“I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn’t interested in me,” Kidman told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017. “It’s true! He didn’t call me for four months.”
However, the “God Whispered Your Name” singer didn’t immediately contact the actress because he wasn’t in the right mindset for a relationship at the time.
“Somebody had given me her number and I had it in my pocket for a while. I kept looking at it thinking, ‘If I call this number, she’s going to answer. I don’t know what [to] say,'” Urban recalled on the Australian talk show Interview in 2018. “I wasn’t in a very healthy place in my life.”
He added, “I’d never have thought she’d see anything in a guy like me. But, at some point, I plucked up the courage to call those numbers and she answered, and we started talking and we talked and talked and talked and talked and it was effortless.”
The couple later tied the knot in June 2006 in a romantic ceremony in Manly, Australia. Kidman and Urban’s wedded bliss was short-lived as the “Wasted Time” crooner entered rehab in October 2006 after the Bombshell star staged an intervention.
“I caused the implosion of my fresh marriage,” Urban told Rolling Stone in 2016. “It survived, but it’s a miracle it did. I was spiritually awoken with her. I use the expression ‘I was born into her,’ and that’s how I feel. And for the first time in my life, I could shake off the shackles of addiction.”
Kidman gave birth to their first child, daughter Sunday Rose, in July 2008. Urban and the Moulin Rouge star welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate in December 2011. The Oscar winner is also the mother of daughter Isabella and son Conner, whom she adopted with her ex-husband Tom Cruise.
The Lion star told Harper’s Bazaar in 2018 that her marriage has been successful because the couple always make time for each other.
“Obviously I work hard, but when I’m off, I’m off,” she explained. “Keith and I are very good at immediately clicking off because we have a really good life in Nashville that’s very simple, quiet and nourishing because we’ve made it like that.”
Scroll down to see a timeline of their relationship.
Kidman and Urban were introduced at the G'Day USA Gala in Los Angeles. On their 10th wedding anniversary, the Grammy winner shared via Instagram the first photo that he said the couple took "within minutes of meeting each other." Shutterstock
The couple wed in Manly, Australia, with celebrity guests including Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts and Hugh Jackman in attendance. Shutterstock
Kidman staged an intervention for her husband, who entered the Betty Ford Center after battling substance abuse for years. Shutterstock
Kidman gave birth to their daughter, Sunday Rose, on July 7. The Others star shared a throwback photo of the parents holding their newborn baby in July 2018. Shutterstock
Kidman and Urban welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate on December 29. Shutterstock
"Happy Anniversary Babygirl. Eleven years and you still feel like my girlfriend!!!" Urban captioned a selfie of the couple via Instagram. Courtesy Keith Urban/Instagram
The "Somewhere in My Car" singer shared a photo of Kidman dancing while he played the piano. "12 years of celestial synergized soul dancing. Happy anniversary Babygirl!!! I love you SO much," he wrote via Instagram. Courtesy Keith Urban/Instagram
The couple cried and hugged each other after Urban won Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 CMA Awards. “Baby girl, I love you so much, thank you,” the "Making Memories of Us" singer told Kidman while he accepted the award on stage. Shutterstock
Urban revealed that the racy lyrics in his 2018 song "Gemini" are about his wife in an interview with iNews. “The song is actually about Nicole – and she loves it,” he said at the time. “It’s a fun song. My cowriter Julia Michaels asked me to describe Nicole and that’s what came out.” Courtesy Keith Urban/Instagram
Kidman praised Urban for supporting her while she filmed the darker scenes on Big Little Lies season 2. “I have the most extraordinary partner in life. I will always say that about him,” she said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I’m one of the very fortunate women in the world to have had a wonderful father, and I have a wonderful husband, and I’m just very — I love to be able to say that because to talk about the good men that have influenced me and affected me.” Shutterstock
The twosome packed on the PDA while celebrating the holidays on a romantic getaway in Sydney. Courtesy Nicole Kidman/Instagram
An eyewitness told Us Weekly that Kidman was "crying" at the Gold Meets Golden pre-Golden Globes event in Beverly Hills, after learning that the couple's house was "under threat" from the Australian bushfires. The actress later told Extra that their house wasn't harmed. “Our home is OK," she said. "It's been under threat, though, it's been under enormous threat, and the surrounding areas have been very, very badly burned." Shutterstock
The Batman Forever actress and Urban enjoyed a low-key Valentine's Day date at the Dollywood amusement park. Courtesy Keith Urban/Instagram
The country crooner revealed that Kidman broke her ankle while quarantined amid the coronavirus pandemic. "About five weeks ago, she was running around the neighborhood, as she does, and just didn't see a pothole and rolled her ankle and got a small break in her ankle," he said in an interview with The Project. "And so she's been relegated to the boot for the last handful of weeks." Courtesy Nicole Kidman/Instagram
"Two #tumbleweeds are better than one ," the Big Little Lies star teased via Instagram while helping her husband promote his latest single, "Tumbleweed." In the sepia-toned photo, the pair cozied up in nearly identical denim jackets, white shirts and dark jeans. Shutterstock
The parents gave a rare glimpse of their daughters while watching the Golden Globe Awards from home as a family in February 2021. Even though they weren’t attending the show in person, the whole crew still took it upon themselves to dress up. NBC
“Happiest of birthdays, my love,” Kidman captioned a sweet Instagram photo of her stealing a kiss from her husband, who turned 54 on October 26. Matt Baron/Shutterstock
While promoting Being the Ricardos, Kidman gushed about her husband, telling Entertainment Tonight, "I honestly wouldn't be here without him, so I say that with incredible love and gratitude. He's my rock. He's my everything." Ed Rode/AP/Shutterstock
During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the country star addressed a rumor that he wasn't initially interested in the Being the Ricardos actress, noting that never was the case. "I was like, 'There's no way this girl is interested in me at all,'" Urban shared at the time. "Somebody had given me her number, and I couldn't bring myself to call that number. ... I was nervous!" Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
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