Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s Final Thoughts on Happy Marriage Before Split

Nicole Kidman made no secret of her feelings about her marriage to country music star Keith Urban and her belief that in him, she had found the love of her life.

The former Mrs. Tom Cruise gushed over her husband of 19 years back in June as they celebrated another wedding anniversary.

And just four days ago, the Oscar-winning actress beamed and flashed the stunning engagement ring Urban had proposed to her with while headlining a Hollywood event for a luxury skincare and beauty company.

The stunning star who shares two daughters with the hitmaker finally seemed to have it all.

Then on Monday, news broke that the couple had separated.

The shock split appeared to come out of nowhere with insiders suggesting that Kidman had been ‘blindsided’ by Urban’s decision to take a break.

However, for anyone paying close attention, the fact that Urban did not respond in kind to his wife’s happy anniversary message on Instagram on June 25 should probably have been a red flag.

‘Happy Anniversary baby @keithurban,’ she wrote alongside a black and white photo of them cuddling.

But Urban offered no tribute of his own, simply commenting on her post with a perfunctory love-heart emoji.

The last time Keith uploaded a post with Nicole was in May 2025, after he was honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award.

‘TRIPLE CROWN !!! it was a surreal feeling and truly humbling honor to be recognized at the @acmawards last night, and a triple-sized, massive thank you to @megmoroney, @chrisstapleton, and @brothersosborne for your insanely inspired performances last night during the show. I LOVED every second of it !!!’ he captioned his post, which featured a clip of them celebrating in the car. 

The power couple’s last red carpet outing was attending the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, TX on May 8 where he was honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award.

‘So much fun with my Triple Crown winner! Thank you @acmawards!’ Nicole gushed at the time.

At the beginning of his acceptance speech, Keith gave Kidman a sweet shout out while using her middle name: ‘My wife, Nicole Mary, is here tonight. I love you, Babygirl!’

Urban even got the affectionate nickname tattooed on the back of his neck in honor of the Clé de Peau Beauté global brand ambassador.

In January, Nicole revealed the ‘key to a successful marriage’ in her W Magazine cover story: ‘We have a double shower. The double-headed shower: key to a successful marriage. Separate commodes and a double-headed shower!’

Earlier on Monday, Daily Mail confirmed that the couple split after a 19-year marriage and two children.

TMZ reported on Monday that Nicole and her second husband Keith have been living apart ‘since the summer’.

The publication reported the Oscar winner had been attempting to save her marriage with the country crooner, whom she was last pictured with at a FIFA Club World Cup match on June 20 not far from their $3.47M seven-bedroom marital mansion in Nashville, TN.

‘Keith has acquired his own residence in Nashville and has moved out of their family home,’ a source shared on Monday.

The Oscar winner and the musician have been kept apart of late amid their hectic filming and touring schedules – with an insider telling The Daily Mail that Kidman was left ‘blindsided’ by the split.

Nicole was also previously married to Tom Cruise, whose decision to end the marriage also ‘came as a shock’ to her, she said in court documents, according to ABC News.

There was absolutely no sign of Keith in Nicole’s ‘summer memories’ Instagram slideshow posted August 19, in which she embraced their 17-year-old daughter Sunday and 14-year-old daughter Faith as well as her younger sister Antonia Kidman.

On June 30, Urban (born Urbahn) abruptly ended a Zoom interview with Hayley & Max in the Morning when he was asked about Kidman and Zac Efron’s love scene in the Netflix rom-com, A Family Affair.

‘What does Keith Urban think when he sees his beautiful wife with beautiful younger men like Zac Efron having these beautiful love scenes on TV?’ asked co-host Max Burford.

At that, a producer revealed the Kiwi-born Australian’s team ‘hung up on us because they didn’t want us to ask that question.’

Last December, Kidman told People of the four-time Grammy winner: ‘I like being asked out, which he still does…I like not knowing where he’s going to take me. Surprise me, baby!’

However, when E! News claimed the pair were a ‘perfect couple’ – the Nine Perfect Strangers producer-star ominously scoffed: ‘I don’t see any of that.’

Keith famously completed a three-month rehab stint at the Betty Ford Center for cocaine and alcohol addiction shortly after marrying Nicole in 2006, which was only a year after they met at G’Day LA. 

‘[It nearly] blew our marriage to smithereens,’ Urban recalled last year while presenting Kidman with the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award.

‘Four months into a marriage, I’m into rehab for three months, with no idea what was going to happen to us. And if you want to see what love in action really looks like, give that a whirl. Nic pushed through every negative voice — I’m sure even some of her own — and she chose love, and here we are tonight, 18 years later.’

The Straight Line rocker and the Holland producer-star will soon have to divide their substantial shared assets including a reported $282M real estate portfolio with homes in Australia, California, and New York.

Since May, Keith has been on the road performing the 28-date North American leg of his High and Alive Tour, which heads to the Giant Center in Hershey, PA this Thursday.

Urban will also executive produce and judge 12 potential opening acts in the new reality TV competition The Road, which premieres October 19 on CBS and Paramount+.

On September 13, Nicole wrapped her role as witch Gillian Owens opposite Sandra Bullock on the England set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Practical Magic 2 following a two-month shoot.

Kidman and Bullock are also producing Susanne Bier’s long-awaited sequel to Griffin Dunne’s 1998 blockbuster, which is already slated to hit US theaters September 18, 2026.

The Blossom Films co-founder’s other upcoming projects include A24 legal series Discretion, Apple TV+ series Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Amazon Prime Video series Girls and Their Horses, Amazon Prime Video series Scarpetta, and season three of Max’s Big Little Lies.

Nicole previously adopted two children – daughter Isabella, 32; and son Connor, 30 – during her decade-long marriage to ex-husband Tom Cruise, which ended in 2001.