Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are totally couple goals these days, so much so that a lot of fans are shocked to find out that Garth was married before. He was first married to his ex-wife, Sandy, before he really became famous.

Then, when he was on the road and at shows all the time, his marriage apparently began to suffer. In later interviews, Garth would admit that he never realized how hard things were for his then-wife. In fact, he seems to have nothing but respect for her now.

Yet after their marriage ended, one awkward detail emerged about the whole relationship and how Trisha Yearwood factored in. Not only did Garth have to pay $125 million in his divorce settlement, but he also has this one lingering detail that makes him look not so squeaky clean to fans.

One Interview With Garth Brooks Revealed Some Interesting Details

Though Garth split from his ex-wife when his children were young, he wound up taking time off from his musical work to be at home with them. When Garth and Sandy began divorce proceedings in 1999, their youngest child was three.

Fortunately, after his marriage ended, Brooks seemed to realize that he was missing out on family time, so he dedicated himself to being there for his girls every day. Garth even told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that he literally stayed home with them daily, but that the time flew by so quickly he can't believe it even now.

That's not the only tidbit that Garth shared with Ellen, though.

Garth Brooks Met Trisha Yearwood One Year Into His Marriage

When the conversation between Ellen and Garth segued into his relationship with Trisha Yearwood, things got a little awkward. Ellen started off by confirming that Garth and Trisha had "been friends for a long long time" before eventually getting together "romantically."

In fact, Garth stated, he met Trisha Yearwood in 1987. For anyone who already forgot, that's one year after Garth married Sandy Mahl.

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A brief pause after Garth explained that he and Sandy divorced in 2000 and then that he and "Miss Yearwood" married in 2005 suggested something a bit more uncomfortable was unfolding. At that point, Garth shifted seemingly uneasily in his seat, too.

He even asked Ellen if she "really," "seriously" wanted to "get into this" after she asked about his relationship timeline with Trisha. Why the awkwardness? Because it sounded like Garth was already head over heels for Trisha while he was still in the early years of his marriage to his ex-wife.

Garth Brooks Admitted He Fell For Trisha Right Away...

After a few more uneasy moments and some hesitation on Brooks' part, he admitted that after a mutual friend introduced he and Trisha, the friend asked him what he thought of her.

Garth relayed that he told his friend "Well, it's strange cuz I felt that feeling like when you just meet your wife but I'd been married for 13 months." Yikes...

But the country singer elaborated that he had some internal battles with himself, thinking that because he was married, it "had to be right." After all, he and Sandy had gone to college together and had their marriage 'in front of God' and everything.

So, the story went, Garth realized he wasn't sure that he knew what he wanted to be doing in his life, because of having met Trisha. It sounded like his perception of marriage and commitment changed, and instead of going with 'commitment,' he went with what felt right in his gut.

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Speaking about Trisha, Garth called her "the real deal" and related how deeply he feels about his now-wife of over 15 years. Ellen called the story "beautiful," and yet the awkwardness didn't dissipate right away.

Because Garth essentially admitted that he fell in love with Trisha upon meeting her, and that he knew at that time that his marriage was already over, even though it had only begun.

After he met Trisha, Garth went on to have his three daughters with Sandy Mahl, though he says now that the two exes and Trisha agreed that they would work together to raise the Brooks girls.

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Though the audience applauded him, and Ellen congratulated Garth for both 'trying to do the right thing' in his first marriage and getting to be with the person his 'soul' wanted him to be with, there's still a lingering sense of discomfort with the whole story.

It's almost like Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz's 'love story,' which features them both being in committed relationships with other people, yet 'finding' one another... even in the middle of those relationships.

And for Garth's ex, fans have to wonder how she feels about him spilling that uncomfortable detail about their early marriage. Maybe there's a reason Garth paid such a hefty divorce settlement amount after all.

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