A Definitive Timeline of Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean’s Sweet Romance

Regardless of their more than 50-year sentiment, Cart Parton and Carl Thomas Dignitary are not the sort to display their adoration.

They are scarcely at any point found in open together, and photographs of the couple will generally come from Parton's own assortment.

Dignitary is as yet steady of Parton's life in the public eye, nonetheless.

"He's not angry of any of that," she said. "He loves to catch wind of the things I do.

 I love to catch wind of the things he does. So we appreciate each other's conversation. We get along great."

The pair first met at a laundromat in Nashville when Parton was just 18 years old