Dolly Parton’s husband has “never wanted” to be within the limelight.

The 77-year-old nation music legend has been married to Carl Thomas Dean since 1996 however after accompanying her to a glitzy showbiz occasion early on in her profession, he begged her to by no means ask him to go alongside to a different one and he has hardly ever been seen by her facet ever since.

Speaking on her Apple music present ‘What Would Dolly Do?’, she stated: “Carl has never been in the limelight and all, never wanted to be in it. He don’t like it.

“He went to at least one factor with me early on after we first married to a BMI Song of the Year, and he got here on the market taking off his tuxedo, his tie, and all that, and stated, ‘Don’t ever ask me to go to a different considered one of these rattling issues as a result of I ain’t going I by no means requested him and he by no means did.”

However, the ‘Jolene’ hitmaker – who recently released her 49th studio album ‘Rockstar’ – did admit that she can rely on her significant other to be “very sincere” when it comes to what he thinks of her work.

She said: “I had completed a few issues prior to now, just a few rock issues. He stated, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay.’ He’s very sincere. We have such a fantastic relationship. I do know to not ask him if I do not need an sincere reply. Years in the past, I used to be doing covers of a few of these rock albums in a extra bluegrass nation method. I instructed him I used to be doing ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ He stated, ‘I do not assume you have to do this,’ and I stated how I used to be going to do it. I performed it for him and he stated, ‘It’s okay.’ He stated, ‘Are you positive that is ‘Stairway to Heaven’ or ‘Stairwell to Hell?”