For two A-listers, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have kept their 10-year marriage relatively out of the limelight. But when they attend events together, like the 2017 Emmy Awards, viewers are quickly reminded just how in love the couple is. Because they've been together for so long, many may not remember how they got together in the first place. In reality, their love story has ups and downs that explain why the couple is still so committed to each other to this day.
Cruise and Kidman adopted two children together —Isabella and Connor. They split in 2001, and divorce papers obtained by Entertainment Weekly showed that Kidman was blindsided by Cruise's decision to file for divorce.
She claimed in court documents that she asked him to go to counseling with her to try and make it work, but he refused. Although Kidman said that some of her most successful work came out of her divorce, including her 2003 Oscar win, she said that her success made her realize that she was lonely and wanted more from her life than professional success.
The pair met at the 2005 G'Day USA gala, which honors Australians in Los Angeles. Kidman revealed that she didn't think Urban was smitten with her when they first met, though it's clear he's smitten now. "I'm like, 'You didn't love me at first sight, you didn't notice me,' and he's like, 'Yes I did but I just didn't let on,'"she told Ellen in 2013.
"But we kind of met and then about four months later he called me."
Kidman said Urban told her he had "things to he had to take care" of before he could ask her out, but once he did, everything fell into place for the couple. Kidman said she knew she wanted to marry Urban after just a month of dating. They gave it some time though, eventually marrying in June 2006. "I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process," Kidman told Elle magazine in 2014.
"You can try and hide it, smoke and mirrors and all, but then how do I visit every weekend?" she told Vanity Fair in 2007.
"It's been a huge lesson for me too."Their commitment to each other has payed off because today Urban and Kidman seem to have a healthy and stable marriage. They have two children together — Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret — and the couple has been pretty candid about how important they are to each other. "Meeting her and getting married wasn't life-changing, it was life-beginning," Urban told CBS. "It was literally, like, 'OK, life starts.'"
