Kenny Rogers' Ex-Wife Opens Up About Dolly Parton

Yet, there was no reason for Gordon to be jealous of Rogers and Parton, because as the former actress put it, "I always felt his total focus was on me. If anyone wanted anything from him, he was looking me in the eye and said, 'Whatever she wants to do.' I think that when he turned 50, I didn't have his full attention anymore but it looked like he still wanted me here. His life was such an open book and after two years he felt this craving, this longing. He said he felt he was having a mid-life crisis. He felt like his career was fading."

Despite the lack of a romantic relationship — or maybe because of that — Rogers and Parton's relationship outlived Rogers' marriage, which ended in 1993. Four years after that, Rogers was married to his fifth wife, Wanda Miller, who was 24 years his junior. Before he passed away, the country music singer said that his last wife, and the mother of his twin boys, was his real soulmate (via Your Tango).