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Dolly Parton keeps her marriage "sacred and private".

The ‘9 to 5’ hitmaker refuses to divulge details about her relationship with Carl Dean, who she wed in 1966, and believe that is the secret to their long romance.

She said: "My husband is not one who wants to be just thrown out there. He’s very private, and I’ve always respected that for him and about him. And so, we just try to live our lives.

"Everybody is not entitled to every single thing you do and thought you think, although I do share as much of my life as I possibly can. I’m not holding back any information, but there are just some things that are sacred and private. I do think that’s had a lot to do with it. If we had fallen victim to every tabloid story and all that – we just try to find the humor in it."

And the 70-year-old singer insists she isn’t just a "character" when she’s on stage and is very similar in real life, just a bit quieter.

She added to Vogue.com: "I don’t turn on and off. If I’m out in public, I have to be really on, and more vocal, and present myself. But I have this other side to me that’s very quiet.

"Sometimes I can go a whole day without saying anything. My best friend, Judy, and my husband, Carl, when we’re comfortable, we might not say much of anything. But I’m not a different person – I’m just a little quieter."

Meanwhile, Dolly and Carl recently renewed their wedding vow to celebrate 50 years of marriage, where they decided to sell pictures from it to raise money for children’s charities

She said at the time: "If I had it to do all over, I’d do it all over again, and we did. I’m dragging him kicking and screaming into the next 50 years. Wish us luck. In all honesty, the only way I was able to get Carl to do any of this in the first place was that it was a great opportunity for us to raise money for some very worthy causes."

Dolly Parton and Carl Dean have renewed their wedding vows after 50 years of marriage.

The couple, who tied the knot on May 30, 1966, recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary with a vow renewal ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee and the fiercely private pair have decided to sell the pictures from the ceremony to raise money to benefit children’s charities.

Dolly, 70, who recently kicked off her ‘Pure & Simple Tour’, said: "If I had it to do all over, I’d do it all over again, and we did. I’m dragging him kicking and screaming into the next 50 years. Wish us luck. In all honesty, the only way I was able to get Carl to do any of this in the first place was that it was a great opportunity for us to raise money for some very worthy causes."

And although 73-year-old Carl – a businessman who ran an asphalt-laying company – has shunned the limelight despite being married to one of the biggest stars in the world, he agreed to do his first interview to go along with the pictures.

Speaking about his reaction the first time he saw Dolly, Carl said: "My first thought was I’m gonna marry that girl. My second thought was, Lord she’s good lookin’. And that was the day my life began. I wouldn’t trade the last 50 years for nothing on this earth."

The couple tied the knot in 1966, after two years of dating, in a small ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia, in front of just Dolly’s mother.

The ‘9 to 5’ hitmaker previously admitted her spouse prefers to live his life in private because he is a "loner".

She said: "My husband is a loner. He doesn’t particularly care about being around anybody but me. He’s just always asked me to leave him out of all this. He does not like all the hullabaloo."

However, Dolly has insisted Carl – who she met at the Wishy Washy Laundromat when she moved to Nashville in 1964 – is incredibly supportive of her.

She said: "He’s always been supportive. He’s like a brother and a father and a friend and a husband and a lover – all of those things to me. I think he’s kind of proud that we’ve been in it this long!"

Those looking to obtain rights to the vow-renewal ceremony images can email: dollyweddingphotos@gmail.com.

Dolly Parton and Carl Dean are to renew their wedding vows.

The 70-year-old country music star and her 73-year-old spouse are due to celebrate their 50th anniversary on May 30th and plan to celebrate the milestone by reaffirming their commitment to one another.

The couple wed in 1966 after two years of dating in a small ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia, in front of just Dolly’s mother and the ‘Jolene’ singer – who released her debut album ‘Hello, I’m Dolly’ shortly after tying the knot – is planning for the vow renewal ceremony to be a much bigger event.

She told People magazine: "We’re going to get married again! I’ll have a beautiful wedding dress, ’cause I didn’t have a big, long wedding dress when we got married and we’ve got a suit for him, so we’re going to dress up and take a bunch of pictures."

Though Carl – a businessman who ran an asphalt-laying company – has stayed out of the spotlight throughout his wife’s career, rarely even appearing at her concerts, he is to go public with the vow renewal ceremony as Dolly is planning on selling the photographs from their special day

to raise funds for her literacy charity.

The ‘9 to 5’ hitmaker admitted her spouse prefers to live his life in private because he is a "loner".

She said: "My husband is a loner.

"He doesn’t particularly care about being around anybody but me. He’s just always asked me to leave him out of all this. He does not like all the hullabaloo."

However, Dolly has previously insisted Carl – who she met

at the Wishy Washy Laundromat when she moved to Nashville in 1964 – is incredibly supportive of her.

In a previous interview, she said: "He’s always been supportive. He’s like a brother and a father and a friend and a husband and a lover – all of those things to me. I think he’s kind of proud that we’ve been in it this long!"