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  1. Sep 3, 2020 · Learn how Barbara Mandrell and Ken Dudney met, fell in love, and stayed together for over half a century. See their photos, challenges, and blessings in this country music love story.

  2. Jan 12, 2023 · Barbara Mandrell and her husband, Ken Dudney, met in an unconventional way. Yet years after they married, she would quit her singing career to dedicate her life to her husband and family.

  3. Mandrell has been married to former musician and Navy pilot Ken Dudney since 1967. Dudney was originally hired as the drummer for Mandrell's family band. The pair met when she was 14 and he was 21. Dudney was engaged to another woman at the time. However, he broke off the engagement after having feelings for Mandrell.

  4. Ken Dudney is a producer who has worked on several TV shows featuring Barbara Mandrell, his wife and country singer. He was born in 1941 in Tennessee and has three children with her.

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  5. Jan 5, 2024 · Ken Dudney, originally a Navy pilot, made a significant sacrifice for the woman he loved. At the time of their marriage, he chose to give up his career as a Navy pilot to support Barbara’s burgeoning music career.

  6. When she started performing with the Mandrell Family Band, her father hired Ken Dudney to play the drums. Later, he became Barbara’s husband and the two have been happily married for 53 years. When they first met, Barbara was just 14, and Ken was 21.

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  8. Jan 24, 2023 · By 1970, the Dudneys were parents to a baby boy named Kenneth Matthew, after his dad, per Country Thang Daily. Sadly, their oldest child, who goes by Matt, struggled with addiction and mental health challenges, saying per CBN, “The more and more I fell into depression, the more I would self-medicate, using alcohol and sometimes drugs. From ...