Alan Jackson and his wife Denise have a lot to celebrate this holiday season and in the next year. The couple, who have been married for 43 years, brought their first grandchild into the world on Wednesday, December 13—just two days before they celebrated their anniversary.
As high school sweethearts, Alan and Denise tied the knot on December 15, 1979, when Alan was 21 and Denise was 19. They were married, but split up nearly two decades later; they never divorced and eventually reconnected.