You can look all over Hollywood and beyond, but you won’t find many couples as heartwarming as Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. These days, they make fans swoon routinely — whether they’re whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears on the red carpet or, more recently, entertaining the world during quarantine by sharing wildly endearing videos of Kidman fangirling over her musician husband. Since getting hitched (quickly!) in 2006, Kidman and Urban have become one of the most inspiring celebrity pairs in Hollywood romance history.
But their relationship wasn’t always a study in perfection. The two have weathered their fair share of storms along the way. From Urban’s struggle with addiction to rumors of infidelity, Kidman and Urban have had to work their way through PR nightmares that would have done lesser couples in. However, it’s their willingness to talk about those rough patches and work through them that keeps them situated firmly at the top of our “relationship goals” list. What makes Kidman and Urban’s story even more special is that it was almost a non-starter — she assumed nothing would come of it because he took so long to call her after they first met.
“I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn’t interested in me,” she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017 of meeting Urban in 2005. “It’s true! He didn’t call me for four months.” In Urban’s defense, though, he was adorably nervous. “Somebody had given me her number and I had it in my pocket for a while. I kept looking at it thinking, ‘If I call this number, she’s going to answer. I don’t know what to say,’” the singer shared on the Australian talk show Interview in 2018.
So, in celebration of the fact that Urban finally did pick up the phone (and all the beautiful moments they’ve created together since) let’s take a look back at Kidman and Urban’s relationship from the beginning.
A version of this article was originally published in June 2020.
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Vanity Fair Party, 2006
Image Credit: Richard Young/Shutterstock. The year after meeting at the G’Day USA gala, Kidman and Urban cozied up at the Vanity Fair party following the 78th Academy Awards. Clearly, these two were off to a good start.
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Their Wedding, 2006
Image Credit: Tracey Nearmy/EPA/Shutterstock. A mere few months later, Kidman was leaving her Sydney home in a wedding dress on the way to say “I do” to her country singer. The pair’s nuptials took place on Sunday, June 25, 2006.
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Vanity Fair Party, 2007
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Richard Young/Shutterstock. The still-newlyweds looked carefree and in love at the Vanity Fair party in February 2007, but they’d just gotten through their first huge marriage hurdle. In October 2006, Kidman staged an intervention to get her new husband help for his alcohol and drug addiction. He spent three months at a rehab facility, later telling Rolling Stone, “I caused the implosion of my fresh marriage. It survived, but it’s a miracle it did. I was spiritually awoken with her. I use the expression ‘I was born into her,’ and that’s how I feel. And for the first time in my life, I could shake off the shackles of addiction.”
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St. Barts, 2007
Image Credit: Shutterstock. After all of that, these two deserved a little R&R together! Kidman looked especially happy vacationing with Urban in the French West Indies in March 2007.
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‘The Golden Compass’ Premiere, 2007
Image Credit: Matt Dunham/AP/Shutterstock. By November, the two were firmly back on track. At the British premiere of Kidman’s movie The Golden Compass, they practically glowed on the red carpet.
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Australian Open, 2008
Image Credit: Dennis M Sabangan/EPA/Shutterstock. In January 2008, the couple carved out time for more “love: this time of the tennis variety! Here, they watch the fourth-round match between Novak Djokovic from Serbia and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia at Melbourne Park at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament.
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ACM Awards, 2008
Image Credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock. Kidman could not have looked more beautiful — and Urban more proud — cradling her baby bump at the ACM Awards in May 2008. She gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman, on July 7 in Nashville.
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‘Glamour’ Woman of the Year Awards, 2008
Image Credit: Amanda Schwab/Starpix/Shutterstock. At the Glamour Magazine 2008 Women of the Year Awards in November 2008, it was abundantly clear that Kidman is Urban’s woman of the year every year.
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‘Australia’ Premiere, 2008
Image Credit: Henry Lamb/BEI/Shutterstock. Kidman and Urban squeezed in some quality time at the Australia film premiere with fellow Aussies and close friends Hugh Jackman (Kidman’s Australia co-star) and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness.
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ACM Awards, 2009
Image Credit: Jae C Hong/AP/Shutterstock. Kidman and Urban enjoyed a parents’ night out in style at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards Arrivals in Las Vegas in April 2009.
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AMA Awards, 2009
Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Shutterstock. That fall, the pair hit the 2009 AMA Awards looking like the power couple they are.
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Grammy Awards, 2010
Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Shutterstock. Even when Kidman and Urban are asked to stand apart on red carpets to take individual photos, they have a hard time being away from each other. Here, at the Grammy Awards Arrivals in Los Angeles, Kidman doesn’t seem to want to let go of her husband’s hand. Sweet!
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CMT Awards, 2010
Image Credit: M Spencer Green/AP/Shutterstock. By 2010, Kidman had become a country music awards show pro! Sitting with Urban and fellow country music superstar Faith Hill at the CMT Awards, the actress looked engrossed in conversation.
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‘Oprah Show,’ 2010
Image Credit: Tracey Nearmy/EPA/Shutterstock. Listen, when you can make each other laugh like this (not to mention Oprah, too), you’re clearly on the right track.
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SAG Awards, 2011
Image Credit: Matt Sayles/AP/Shutterstock. There could be one million and one people in a room but, as evidenced by their SAG Awards appearance in 2011, no one else exists when Kidman and Urban are together. And it’s no wonder they were so smitten here — they welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, via surrogate this same year.
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Golden Globes, 2012
Image Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Shutterstock. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, Urban and Kidman shared a laugh as they walked the red carpet.
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Cannes Film Festival, 2012
Image Credit: Lionel Cironneau/AP/Shutterstock. Following the screening of The Paperboy at the 65th international film festival in Cannes, Kidman and Urban find each other so they can make a quick getaway. Something tells us these two enjoy hanging out at home just as much as they do nights out!
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Emmy Awards, 2012
Image Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Arrivals, Urban and Kidman hold hands and appear stronger than ever seven years into their relationship.
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Academy Awards, 2013
Image Credit: John Shearer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. A penny for your thoughts, Urban? It doesn’t seem like a stretch to say the country singer was feeling pretty lucky to be by his wife’s side at the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013.
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Cannes Film Festival, 2013
Image Credit: Shutterstock. All these years later, and these two still can’t keep their lips off each other! Here, at the Inside Llewyn Davis film premiere at Cannes, they lock lips in front of a sea of photographers.
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CMT Awards, 2013
Image Credit: Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. By 2013, Kidman and Urban had reached a major milestone in their relationship: hanging out with her former fiance, rocker Lenny Kravitz. The three posed for a picture at the 2013 CMT Awards.
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CMT Awards 2014
Image Credit: Wade Payne/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the CMT Awards. Kidman always seems to have her best conversations at this show! In 2014, as Urban chatted with Lady A’s Charles Kelley, Kidman explained something very intensely to John Legend.
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‘Paddington’ Premiere, 2014
Image Credit: Tony Sapiano/Shutterstock. A little rain can’t dampen their love. At the London premiere of Paddington, Kidman and Urban proved they’re not just a fair-weather couple.
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CMT Awards, 2015
Image Credit: Shutterstock. Both Kidman and Urban were rocked edgier new hairstyles when they attended the CMT Music Awards in 2015. Hey, gotta keep things fresh, right?
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SAG Awards, 2016
Image Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock. Ladies and gents, get yourself someone who looks at you the way Urban looked at Kidman on the SAG Awards red carpet in 2016.
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Costume Institute Benefit, 2016
Image Credit: Kevin Tachman/Shutterstock. They sure do clean up nicely! At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit in 2016, Kidman and Urban were dressed to the nines.
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CMT Awards, 2016
Image Credit: Debby Wong/Shutterstock. At the CMT Awards in 2016, Urban proved he’s the red carpet equivalent of an amazing Instagram boyfriend: always giving Kidman the space she needs to get the perfect shot.
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‘Big Little Lies’ Premiere, 2017
Image Credit: Invision/AP/Shutterstock. Urban supported Kidman at the LA Premiere of Big Little Lies, which she co-produced and co-starred in. He also ended up being one of the show’s biggest fans in general, even sporting a themed BLL sweater to shout-out to his wife’s onscreen girl gang.
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Premiere, 2017
Image Credit: Julien Warnand/EPA/Shutterstock. Can we all just agree that this shot of Kidman and Urban captured at the Killing of a Sacred Deer premiere at Cannes is one of the sweetest celebrity photos ever?
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New Year’s Eve, 2017
Image Credit: Debby Wong/Shutterstock. Awwww, it’s the girls! During Urban’s performance at the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight concert on New Year’s Eve in 2017, Kidman brought Sunday and Faith onstage to see Dad.
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Hollywood Film Awards, 2018
Image Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. Kidman and Nicole Kidman arrived at the Hollywood Film Awards, reticent to part for photos but smiling nonetheless.
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CMA Awards, 2019
Image Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. Kidman and husband musician Keith Urban shared a kiss on the red carpet at the 53rd annual CMA Awards in Nashville. And, wowza, this kiss was steamy!
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Golden Globes, 2020
Image Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock. Urban seemed to take a minute to appreciate the slit in his wife’s stunning red gown at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January 2020. Fifteen years in and these two still can’t get enough of each other.
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CMA Awards, 2021
Image Credit: AP. Kidman and Urban seriously turned up the heat on the red carpet at the CMA Awards in November 2021. These two ‘Wilds Hearts’ still look just as in love as ever.
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SAG Awards, 2022
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores for Variety. While attending the 2022 SAG Awards, Urban and Kidman proved they are still the cutest couple ever as they packed on some PDA on the red carpet.
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Oscars, 2022
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety. At the 2022 Oscars, Urban proved just how devoted he is to Kidman. The singer took a late night flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles to be by his wife’s side during the Academy Awards, at which Kidman was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Being the Ricardos. “I’m just so happy to be here, happy to be here with my husband who was playing Vegas last night and flew in and landed at 1 AM, whatever it takes,” Kidman said on the red carpet.
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Oscars, 2023
Image Credit: Getty Images Keith Urban looked so smitten as he gave Nicole Kidman a cheeky pat during the 95th Annual Academy Awards.
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