The year Trisha Yearwood married her first husband, she met Garth Brooks for the first time. Over the following two decades, the two would form a close bond and friendship while touring together. Brooks even helped Yearwood land her first record deal, leading Yearwood to produce the No. 1 track "She's in Love with the Boy" in 1991, which saw her become "the first female country music singer to sell 1 million copies of her debut album" (via Country Fan Cast).

Brooks would later admit that he was attracted to Yearwood from the start, but as they were both in committed relationships they remained only close friends. "Kent Blazy introduced me and Ms. Yearwood, and he goes, 'I knew you were gonna like her,'" Brooks said in a 2013 interview with Ellen DeGeneres (via YouTube). "When she left, he goes, 'What do you think?' I said, 'Well, it's strange because I felt that feeling like when you just met your wife.'"

Yearwood felt the same way. "It was probably the minute I met him, even though I didn't know at the time," she told Parade in a joint interview with Brooks. "I just think we were meant to be."