Who is Dolly Parton married to? Singer reveals why her husband doesn't attend Hollywood events with her

Dolly Parton is married to Carl Thomas Dean. She first met him when she was just 18 years old at a laundromat and married him two years later. The pair are still going strong after more than 50 years of marriage but are not the ones to flaunt their marriage publicly.

During an appearance on the Dumb Blonde podcast, the singer revealed why her husband doesn't attend Hollywood events with her.

"He loves music, but he's not the least bit interested in being in it. And he told me that right up front."

She recalled the release of her hit song Put it Off Until Tomorrow from the album Hello, I'm Dolly which was released in 1967, and said,

"I begged him to go with me in '67. We'd got married in '66. So, that's when I won the first award for the BMI song of the year. I rented him a tux and, you know, begged him to, and he did."

The singer revealed that he was very "uncomfortable the whole night" and decided to not show up for any future events. While opening up on why he stopped attending any future events, Parton said,

"He said, 'Look, now I want you to do everything you want to do, and I wish you the best, but don't ever ask me to go another one of these damn things because I ain't going. And he never did."

Dolly said that it's something that she came to respect since she didn't know he would feel "that uneasy" and that Dean doesn't even like to go out to "big dinners or anything like that."

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More about Dolly Parton's marriage to Carl Thomas Dean

Dolly Parton first met her husband Carl Thomas Dean in 1964 at the Wishy Washy Laundromat on Parton's first day in Nashville. They began dating the same year and got married in 1966. Her iconic 1973 song, Jolene is inspired by him.

Carl is not involved in Hollywood and runs an asphalt road-paving business in Nashville, Tennessee. Though he had always supported the singer in her career, he stayed removed from the showbiz.

The couple renewed their vows in 2016 on their 50th anniversary. While speaking to PEOPLE in March 2015, Dolly Parton opened up about the secret to their long-lasting marriage calling Dean a "good man, first of all" and a "deep person" with a "great, and warped sense of humor."