“So even if I did have regrets, I wouldn’t change anything in fear of changing where I’m at right now.”Indeed, Sandy is a tough woman. But the two somehow manage to thrive in the marriage department by making each other a priority. It was recorded at a time in my life that was probably the most trying time of my life. Looking at these lovebirds, you'd think Trisha Yearwood and The two remained loyal to their spouses, but Brooks later admitted on So Brooks and Yearwood remained friends. Before Garth Brooks tied the knot to his current wife, Trisha Yearwood, he was married to his ex, Sandy Mahl, for 15 years. "You have to make it a conscious effort to make sure that you put each other first, and we do that, and sometimes it's not easy," Yearwood told So how do the couple prioritize one another? She raised funds and enabled the organization’s expansion to care for and raise infant wild animals in a full-time, all-species, all-situation facility.Sandy Brooks has a sweet job as the co-founder of the animal rehab center, Wild Heart Ranch in Oklahoma. Brooks confessed in a virtual press conference (via Brooks and Yearwood had to quarantine as well, as they work with their son-in-law. A mother dog and her pups were dumped at Sandy’s gate and taken to Wild Heart Ranch for help.
"We hit it off," Yearwood recalled during a Seeing as romance was out of the picture, Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks settled for friendship, and supported one another in their professional music careers. According to the Rehabilitation Center’s site: “Sandy Brooks has been part of Wild Heart Ranch since shortly after she moved home from Nashville. Garth ended up driving Sandy Mahl home and they later began dating. This is as much me as anybody has ever seen. Garth Brooks and Sandy Mahl attend the Peoples Choice Awards in March 1996. At least, that's what we hope for Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks, who The couple got involved with the nonprofit when they flew to New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "People [were] constantly wanting your attention and yanking and pulling on him," she said of her marriage to Garth, according to He admitted that Sandy had talked about these problems with him before their divorce, but it took hearing it in the documentary for him to really listen to them. “Being married, it’s gotta be right. This is who you went to college with and you were married in front of God and your family and everybody. Powered by Learn about Sandy Mahl Brooks, Garth Brooks' ex wife now. Garth was seen kissing Sandy before taking his hat off to accept the award. So, when you hear this album or snippets from it, and you hear things that are more, probably socially oriented as far as concerns of the world.
Fortunately, everyone was okay in the end.Things might've been different had Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood not been married when they first met back in the '80s, before either of their careers took off.
The country singer and his present wife Trisha are united as a life partner for over twelve years now. The two got married on May 24, 1986, and moved to Nashville where Grant intended to pursue his career in music. "It was not written by me, [but] the second I heard it, I said, 'Omigosh, that's what I'd say to Trisha if I was talented enough to write that,'" he told A couple that not only sings together, but also gives back to their community together is sure to make it in the long haul. Plus, oftentimes the pair dedicate the songs to each other, like when Brooks performed "Stronger Than Me" at the CMA Awards in 2018. Sandy later called to check on them and found out they went to a wildlife rescue. After going a few miles, Sandy stopped the car and was able to run away into a neighboring convenience store.As we all know, Garth today is married to Trisha Yearwood. According to Despite influencing much of her early career, Brooks never credited himself for Yearwood's rise. Sandy Mahl was with Garth before he was famous.
). At the same time, Sandy works in animal rehabilitation and wildlife rescue at Wild Heart Ranch in Rogers County, Oklahoma. "She was totally stunned...It took her a while to regain composure. And I gotta say of all the albums I’ve ever done, this one has the best writing on it, and probably the one that I feel the strongest about.
Sandy shared in Garth’s two-part documentary special, “People constantly wanting your attention and yanking and pulling on him,” she explained.
Garth broke up a fight in the women’s restroom because “Sandy had gotten into an argument with another woman, took a swing— and got her fist stuck in the wall’s wood paneling,” the site reports.