According to Hill, she had an incredible childhood.

But it was completely untrue."

I’ve always listened to Aretha."

Faith Hill smiling

Like Franklin, Hill first began singing at that bastion of so many southern homes: church.

Hill recalls attending services at the Star Baptist Church in her hometown.

Faith later toldOutsiderthat her move to Nashville was a case of making the right decision at the right time.

Faith Hill as a young child

She explained that the origin of her singing career sounds like something out of “a fairy tale.”

Eventually, the pair married in 1988.

By all accounts, Faith was committed to her marriage.

Young Faith Hill smiling

Former boss Gary Morris told Good Housekeeping, “Faith was a devoted wife to Daniel.

“I was young,” she said.

“I just jumped in the fire way too soon.”

Faith Hill singing

After searching for three years, Faith finally met her birth mother in 1993.

I’d never seen anyone that looked anything like me.”

She toldGood Housekeeping, “I was going through so much.

Faith Hill singing into a mic

I was like a flower trying to bud.

Marriage wasn’t what I needed.

It was a disguise.”

Faith Hill singing

Daniel doesn’t old an ounce of negative will toward Faith for what happened next.

“But there is no bitterness.

I’m proud of her success.”

Faith Hill smiling for a photo

Her star was on the rise, and, at this point, she was ready for it.

“I didn’t get it because I wasn’t good enough,” she said.

“I don’t think fate had anything to do with that for me.

Faith Hill performing onstage

I wasn’t a great background singer and I didn’t get the part.”

Hill explained toCNNthat her breakthrough moment was right around the corner.

So that’s basically where it started," she told CNN.

Faith Hill in the ’90s

I can’t control that," she revealed.

“But I wasn’t about to let Tim slip through my hands.”

Hill wasn’t the only one engaged.

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw smiling

Hill told Good Housekeeping, “The doctor said my [amniotic] fluid had just gone.

My placenta had stopped working.”

After spending weeks in the hospital, Audrey came home, and the Hill-McGraw family blossomed.

Faith Hill in 2006

You’re wearing what I say you’re gonna wear!'"

(via Good Housekeeping).

And then my ‘Breathe’ album was definitely the album that changed my career for sure."

Faith Hill posing, smiling

Certainly her core audience is willing to forgive a country girl’s misguided, big-city flirtation."

The pair packed up their kids and took them along for the ride, which the two enjoyed.

Finally I just said, ‘I can’t do this anymore.'"

Faith Hill attending an event, smiling

This time, they had all three girls on the road, something Hill said was pretty fantastic.

Despite those feelings, Hill admitted her speech wasn’t the best place to make the statement.

“But I think I had had enough” (per CMT).

Faith Hill at an InStyle event

Hill explained that they made it work by establishing rules.

It’s important that we react to one another naturally as characters, not as husband and wife."

Hill told People that working with her husband on the show has been such a great experience.

Faith Hill in Vegas in 2021

“I’ve never had so much fun in my life,” she said.

“I don’t want to stop.”