Inside Tammy Wynette's Relationship With George Jones

Even though Tammy Wynette and George Jones had their fair share of marital problems, it wasn't exactly easy for them to separate. "With George gone, I felt utterly lost and lonely," Biography quotes Wynette. She dated Burt Reynolds, married real estate executive Michael Tomlin for a brief time, and then got married for the fifth time in 1978 to songwriter George Richey. Before this, the final days of her and Jones' marriage were particularly brutal. Jones not only dove deeper into his drinking habit, but acquired a cocaine habit as well, and wound up missing so many shows that he earned the nickname "No Show." At that point, without their musical bond, there was little left to hold Wynette and Jones together.

And yet, the two got along afterward "... better than we ever did when we were married," Jones said, continuing, "I think we still love each other. I know I love her." The once-married power couple of country continued to not only tour together after divorcing, but release new songs like "Southern California" and "Two Story House." In 1980 Wynette said, "Everyone needs more than one chance."

Wynette died unexpectedly in 1998 at the age of 55 from a "blood clot in her lungs," as Country Living reports. Jones lived on, and died from respiratory failure in 2013 at the age of 81, per Taste of Country. But, the two singers and their former love live on in their music.