Vince Gill and Amy Grant on Discovering Enjoy

Further than Tennessee, other spouse-and-wife groups — Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, say, or Tim McGraw and Faith Hill — seize headlines as Nashville’s most obvious twosomes. But in Tunes Town, insiders convey to you in a different way: The appealingly understated Vince Gill, 54, and Amy Grant, 50, are this town’s most passionate, genuine electrical power couple. Now, as Grant has just wrapped up a nationwide tour and Gill prepares to launch a new, all-originals CD, the couple find them selves reflecting on the prolonged and unpleasant journey that has brought them to what they each individual call the very best time of their life.

With his luminous tenor, and guitar licks so creative that Eric Clapton reports his moves, Gill, who has accumulated 20 Grammy awards and 18 State New music Affiliation trophies, arrived on the songs scene “just dripping talent,” states close pal and fellow musician Rodney Crowell. But it was Gill’s marriage to Grant (who has six Grammys and 22 Dove Awards for gospel songs to her credit) that grounded him in a profound way. “From time to time a single man or woman in your daily life puts that closing block in area, and you action into the possession of who you are,” explains Crowell. “That was a optimistic merging ideal there — two good, enjoyment-loving, accessible individuals. They are the best pair and mom and dad, absolutely recognized human beings and philanthropists. And you will find definitely no pretension about them, which is really exceptional.”

Theirs is the story of how the prince of place and the princess of gospel risked their reputations to turn into the king and queen of hearts. “It was definitely really hard to get there,” Gill says. “That appeared to make it make any difference even far more.”

* “Accurate Appreciate” lyrics prepared by Vince Gill & Amy Grant.