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Tim McGraw details unique way Faith Hill accepted his marriage proposal

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Happy Anniversary Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
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ByCarena Liptak
Video byBrittany Berkowitz
October 06, 2021, 8:33 PM

Wednesday marks Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's 25th wedding anniversary, and McGraw marked the occasion on social media by recounting the day they got engaged.

That day was actually the last in a string of several marriage proposals he gave to his fellow country superstar wife, he revealed; he'd asked her to marry him several times in the past, but she kept saying no.

"She said, 'I'm not gonna get involved with another country singer. It's just not gonna work out,'" he said. But something was different on that fateful day, when the couple were at an outdoor country festival in a trailer, and McGraw was getting ready for his set.

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"I had this ... case that had this big mirror in it," he explained. "She's standing there, and we're talking, and I said, 'Look, let's get married.' And she says, 'You're asking me to marry you at a country music festival in a trailer house.' I said, 'Well, it's pretty apropos, if you think about it.'"

Hill didn't give McGraw an answer then, and he went off to play his set. When he returned, she'd scribbled her answer on the mirror.

"Faith wasn't there, but I looked at the mirror, and in lipstick, it said, 'Yes! I'm gonna be your wife,'" he continued. "And we still have that mirror. It was the best day of my life, that's for sure."

McGraw and Hill, both 54, made it official on Oct. 6, 1996, and have been inseparable ever since. The country superstar couple have since become parents to three daughters: Gracie, 24, Maggie, 23, and Audrey, 19.

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