Country Legend Tammy Wynette and Her Unspoken Relationship With Ex-Husband Michael Tomlin

Tammy Wynette and Michael Tomlin were married for less than a year before separating in 1977. Michael is a real estate executive in Nashville.

American country music legend, Tammy, is one of the genre’s most successful artists. Also known as the First Lady of Country Music, she was the first woman to step into the male-dominated music field and became a huge sensation.

Now that a brand-new series,” George & Tammy,” based on Tammy and her marriage with musician George Jones, is about to air on Showtime, Tammy’s past relationships and marriages piqued the audience’s interest.

Directed by John Hillcoat, the drama miniseries is based on The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George by Georgette Jones.

Tammy and her relationship with her ex-husband Tomlin remained ephemeral.

Tammy Wynette and Michael Tomlin Marriage Was Short-Lived

Tammy Wynette and Michael Tomlin marital bond couldn’t stand the test of time. Tammy married her ex-husband Tomlin only weeks after meeting and courting each other.

Wynette met Tomlin, a Nashville-based realtor, through her friend Nan Crofton. After months of knowing each other, the couple tied the knot on July 18, 1976, in the artists’ Nashville home.

The country singer was dating actor Burt Reynolds before she went out with Tomlin. Their relationship was kept private until it was made public by the press in 1977. The pair remained friends several years later, even after Tammy ended their romance.

However, their marital life remained relatively short-lived, as their marriage was annulled just six weeks after their wedding. Reportedly, Tomlin was a squander and fired a pistol on the beach outside her Florida house, which scared her children.

Soon after their Hawaiian-themed wedding, Tomlin, with the reporters, said, “I don’t want to be known as ‘Mr. Tammy Wynette’. This came true, as the couple’s marriage lasted only three months.

While Tomlin had denied the claims, Wynette’s friends previously had claimed the realtor led a distorted life. From renting private jets to drinking Dom Pérignon and driving a Mercedes Benz, Tomlin lived a luxurious lifestyle.

Joan Dew, the co-author of Tammy’s autobiography Stand By Your Man, while remembering Tomlin, said that it was all a facade and he had even rented his office furniture.

Tammy Wynette Was Married For Five Times

Michael Tomlin was her fourth husband to Tammy Wynette. The country singer has been in and out of several marriages.

Wynette was only 17 years old when she married Euple Byrd. Even though their marriage was full of conflicts, the singer kept giving them second chances. They eventually divorced in 1965 and shared three daughters, Gwendolyn Lee, Jaclyn Faye, and Tina Denise Byrd.

The singer then moved to Nashville to further her career in country music. She met her second husband, Don Chapel, at Red Anchor Motel, where Chapel was working as a front desk attendant. The chapel was also an aspiring musician.

The couple got married in 1967 but ended it just after a year. Tammy had reportedly brought closer to George Jones, who was also friends with Don Chapel. Jones has also sung country songs written by Chapel.

After her divorce from Chapel, she started a romantic relationship with Jones and tied the knot in 1969 in Ringgold, Georgia. Jones’s heavy drinking and multiple relapses became the reason for the couple’s separation in 1975.

Jones and Wynette share a daughter, Tamala Georgette Jones. She married Nashville realtor Michael Tomlin in 1976, which remains the most short-lived one.

Her fifth and final marriage was to musician George Richey. Richey was acquainted with the country singer and even played the organ at the Tomlin wedding. At the same time, his wife was the matron of honor at the wedding.

Richey then divorced his wife and married Wynette in 1978. The singer’s daughter Georgette Jones claimed the couple was living in an emotionally abusive relationship, even though Wynette claimed to love Richey in front of the press.

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