Lisa Hartman, 69, shares pregnancy loss struggle

Country singer Clint Black has revealed for the very first time how he and his wife struggled to start a family back in the 1990s.

The 64-year-old Like The Rain singer wed Knot's Landing actress Lisa Hartman, 69, in 1991 after a year-long courtship.

Soon after they said 'I do' they wanted to have children, but she experienced pregnancy losses, he shared in his new book titled Killin' Time: My Life and Music, which comes out on May 19.

They were overjoyed when they finally welcomed their daughter Lily Black, now 25 years old, he said in the book seen via an excerpt from People.

'It's not all champagne and roses, folks,' he said of his life. 'It's a regular life, sometimes lived in the spotlight.'

The artist, who has sold over 20 million records, added, 'Having a career and having a good family, to me, that's what I would get weepy about.'

He also gets choked up when he thinks about 'being lucky and feeling like I'm a good dad and a good husband.' 

Black shared that his book explores his early years when he was trying to make it as an artist.

'This is the life of a child of a blue collar family, coming up with a little education, and really making a good go of it, persevering through just determination,' he wrote.

He continued, 'I was just a scrappy little kid, trying not to drown, finding my way into the nightclubs and then the record business.'

And he likened his rough climb to the top to what an athlete must feel when in a game: '[I was] pushing through hurdle after hurdle, injury after injury, surgery after surgery, and all those things that happen in every life and continuing to strive for excellence.'

In the book, Black also described some of the worst moments in his life like his father's suicide. 

G.A. Black died by suicide on December 2, 2012, at the age of 78.

Black's family has said in the past that they think he ended his life because he was in great physical pain as his health declined.

Clint's rise to country music fame is legendary. 

The Texas native got his start when he signed to RCA Nashville in 1989.

His debut album Killin' Time produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

The Grammy winner's biggest hit songs are Killin' Time, A Better Man and the romantic duet When I Said I Do with Hartman.

Hartman, who is also from Texas, became famous for her role in the prime time drama Knots Landing.

She was on the series with Michele Lee from 1982 to 1986. 

Hartman was also a singer and recorded four solo albums between 1976 and 1987, with her most notable song being If Love Must Go.

Hartman has appeared in various films and TV shows, including Flicka: Country Pride, Back to You and Me. 

The singer and his spouse made a rare red carpet appearance with their daughter on Tuesday. They were attending Lifetime's When I Said I Do premiere at the Franklin Theatre in Tennessee.

The couple were also in the news in 2020 for competing on the show The Masked Singer.

They have lived in Nashville, Tennessee, since 2002.