A Look Back at Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s Relationship Timeline

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were together for 20 years before their split in September 2025.

A source confirmed to PEOPLE on Sept. 29 that the two had called it quits, though Kidman “didn’t want this.”

The actress and country singer both grew up in Australia, but they didn’t cross paths until they were adults on the other side of the world. The pair had an instant attraction when they first met at a gala in 2005 and eventually wed the following year.

Kidman and Urban went on to welcome two daughters together, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.

Here is a look back at Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s relationship.

January 15, 2005: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban meet at the G’Day USA gala

Kidman and Urban first met at the G’Day USA gala in Los Angeles in 2005. The two stars exchanged numbers, but Urban didn’t call Kidman for four months.

“I had such a crush on him and he wasn’t interested in me. It’s true!” Kidman told host Ellen DeGeneres in 2017. “He didn’t call me for four months.”

June 20, 2005: Nicole Kidman realizes Keith Urban is “the one”

While the former couple were living in New York City, Kidman realized Urban was “the one.”

For her 38th birthday, Urban stood on the stoop of her apartment at 5 a.m. to bring her gardenias. “That is when I went, ‘This is the man I hope I get to marry,’ ” she later PEOPLE. “I believed by that point he was the love of my life.”

May 15, 2006: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban get engaged

The Moulin Rouge actress brought Urban as her date when she hosted the 30th Anniversary gala for the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She later discussed the event with PEOPLE and shared news of their engagement.

“He’s actually my fiancé. I wouldn’t be bringing my boyfriend,” she said.

June 25, 2006: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban marry in Sydney

Kidman and Urban tied the knot in a candlelit ceremony at St. Patrick’s Estate in the beachside suburb of Manly in Sydney. Kidman’s children Isabella Jane and Connor Antony, whom she shares with ex Tom Cruise, were also part of the pair’s big day — Isabella was in her mother’s bridal party.

The wedding was fit for a fairy tale. At the time, PEOPLE reported that the nuptials were a “romantic blend of Cinderella-style fantasy, Catholic tradition and Aussie cheer.” Kidman walked down the aisle alongside her father, Antony, as the organist played Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus.” At the reception, Urban serenaded his new bride with a rendition of his song “Making Memories of Us.”

Each guest went home with a silver Tiffany desk clock engraved with “A Moment in Time, June 25, 2006, Nicole & Keith.” After spending their wedding night in Sydney, the newlyweds went to French Polynesia for their honeymoon.

October 19, 2006: Nicole Kidman stages an intervention for Keith Urban

Four months after their wedding, Kidman staged an intervention for Urban, who struggled with alcohol abuse, out of concern for his well-being. The singer then checked into rehab to treat alcohol addiction and he later told Rolling Stone in 2014 that he was “very, very blessed” that Kidman took the drastic step to help him.

While Urban was in rehab, his album, Love, Pain, & the Whole Crazy Thing, was released as scheduled, and he was named male vocalist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville.

January 15, 2007: Nicole Kidman supports Keith Urban after his release from rehab

Urban’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE that he was released from rehab after three months of treatment. He was reunited with Kidman, and they were seen at a private CAA Golden Globes afterparty in L.A.

November 2007: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban move to Nashville

As a country music star, Urban had long called Nashville home when he wasn’t traveling. Not long after they married, Kidman and Urban purchased a farm southwest of Nashville.

“We don’t want to live in a compound,” Urban told PEOPLE. “It’s the great thing about Tennessee and especially Nashville. The people are just real people, so they just accept you being neighbors.”

Nearly a decade later, Kidman was still loving her life in Nashville. “I was meant to go there,” she said in 2016. “I’m very, very happy to live there.”

January 2008: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban announce they are expecting their first baby together

In January 2008, Kidman and Urban confirmed that they were expecting a child. “The couple are thrilled,” her rep shared.

The news came not long after Urban shared that he had a great relationship with Kidman’s older children, Isabella and Connor. “[They’re] fantastic. I just talked to [Isabella and Connor] yesterday. A lot of people in that situation, it’s not as fluid as it is for us,” he said. “[The kids] have come out to Australia a few times. It’s great. Weallget along very, very well.”

July 7, 2008: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcome their daughter, Sunday Rose

Kidman and Urban welcomed their daughter, Sunday Rose, on July 7, 2008, in Nashville. “We feel immensely blessed and grateful to be given this beautiful baby girl,” the new parents said in a statement. “She’s an absolute delight.”

Urban also expressed his gratitude on his website. “We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers,” he wrote. “We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with all of you today.”

Kidman would later share on Live with Kelly and Ryan that Urban had been very attentive throughout her pregnancy. While she was pregnant with Sunday, Urban flew to Australia to see her first ultrasound. “[He] was there for six hours, saw the heartbeat and then had to fly back [to L.A.] to do a show,” she said.

November 2009: Nicole Kidman reveals that she burned her diaries when she married Keith Urban

During an interview with British GQ, Kidman admitted to burning most of her journals when she married Urban. “You can’t read somebody’s diary. You shouldn’t read it. I burnt most of my journals after I remarried,” she said. “You’re only going to find out bad things.”

She added that they have a healthy marriage, saying, “We’re very together. It’s a very adventurous, extraordinary place to be: incredibly raw, incredibly dangerous and you’re very much out at sea. … When you commit to someone like that, you live and die together by that decision.”

December 28, 2010: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcome their second child together, Faith Margaret

The stars welcomed daughter Faith Margaret on Dec. 28, 2010, in Nashville. Faith was born via surrogate, and they chose to keep the pregnancy private.

“Our family is truly blessed, and just so thankful, to have been given the gift of baby Faith Margaret,” Kidman and Urban said in a statement. “No words can adequately convey the incredible gratitude that we feel for everyone who was so supportive throughout this process, in particular our gestational carrier.”

September 2014: Keith Urban supports Nicole Kidman after her father’s sudden death

Kidman’s father Antony died suddenly after an accidental fall in September 2014. Urban rushed to be by Kidman’s side and performed “Amazing Grace” at the funeral.

May 2016: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban perform a duet of his hit song

Urban wrote his song “The Fighter” about Kidman, and the track became a hit as a duet with Carrie Underwood. In May 2016, Urban posted a video with Kidman, in which she sang Underwood’s parts of the duet in the car.

March 2018: Keith Urban reveals the life mantra he shares with Nicole Kidman

During a South by Southwest panel discussion in Austin, Texas, Urban shared some new insights about his marriage. For one, he credited Kidman with helping him get sober. “I’m just alcoholically wired,” he said. “I was living a very small life. My life was getting smaller and smaller and that is how I kept it manageable. I was lucky I had a very loving wife. [Getting sober] has freed me up creatively.”

He added that before he met and married Kidman, he wasn’t good at relationships, according to the Associated Press. “I would write these songs about love and relationships,” he said. “I realized I was writing from all these places of the kind of person I wished I could be. … The only thing that’s changed in my life is I’ve more so become the person I was trying to be.”

Urban also shared that he and Kidman had the same mantra: “Nothing to hide and everything to protect.”

May 2019: Nicole Kidman shares how she stays connected with Keith Urban

In 2019, Kidman shared two things that keep her going. “I love having my artistic path, and then my other passion is my family. That’s probably all I need in my life,” she said.

The actress also revealed one piece of advice that has worked well in her marriage. “The greatest thing our family priest told us very early on in our marriage was, ‘Always kiss hello and kiss goodbye,’ ” she explained. “It just keeps you connected.”

July 2019: Nicole Kidman says she was embarrassed when Keith Urban called her a “maniac in bed”

Urban’s 2018 album Graffiti U was all about Kidman. On the track “Gemini” — named for Kidman’s astrological sign — he sings, “She’s a maniac in the bed, but a brainiac in the head.”

When Kidman appeared on Australian radio’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show in July, host Kyle Sandilands asked her about the song’s racy lyrics. “I don’t censor his art if I can be a muse for it,” Kidman said, according to USA Today. “It is embarrassing but at the same time, yes, it’s better than saying, ‘God, I’m so bored… Make an effort, Nicole.’ ”

December 24, 2020: Keith Urban serenades Nicole Kidman on Christmas

After a challenging year, Kidman and Urban enjoyed Christmas together. Urban shared a festive Instagram video in which he serenaded her, and the pair giggled throughout the lighthearted performance. The two got flirty when Urban sang, “We can be naughty or nice,” and Kidman was quick to respond with, “I want naughty — a little bit of nice, [but] a lot of naughty.”

Urban concluded the video with a hopeful message. “We just want to take a second to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas, happy holidays,” he said. “Wherever you’re watching this right now, from our family to yours. … Here’s to a bright and buoyant 2021 all over the world. God bless you all. Thank you so much, love you guys.”

February 28, 2021: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s daughters appear on the Golden Globes broadcast

Kidman and Urban’s daughters, Sunday and Faith, got all dressed up to attend the Golden Globe Awards, where Kidman was nominated for her role in The Undoing. The pair sat with the two girls for their virtual appearance on the broadcast.

Kidman wore a black Louis Vuitton gown with gold accents, and Sunday and Faith wore white dresses.

August 2021: Nicole Kidman shares what Keith Urban thinks of her sex scenes

In August 2021, Kidman spoke about what Urban thinks of her on-screen romantic scenes. “My husband is an artist, so he understands all of it, and he also does not get involved,” she said on E! News’ Daily Pop. “He sees the show at the very end when it’s a show, all edited together, and he’s fresh eyes. He doesn’t read any script, he really doesn’t know what’s going on on the set, he’s got his own career that he’s completely absorbed in.”

March 27, 2022: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the Academy Awards

After playing a show in Las Vegas, Urban made a special trip to L.A. just hours later to support Kidman at the 94th Academy Awards. Kidman was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Being the Ricardos.

March 12, 2023: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban dress in coordinating outfits at the Oscars

Kidman and Urban turned heads at the 2023 Oscars in matching all-black ensembles. The Roar actress was seen in a sexy one-sleeve Armani Privé sequin gown with a thigh-high slit while the country singer wore a traditional tuxedo suit.

March 3, 2023: Keith Urban debuts clips from his and Nicole Kidman’s wedding video during a Las Vegas concert

During the first concert of his second Las Vegas residency, Urban performed 2010’s “Without You.” While the country artist sang, footage from his and Kidman’s June 2006 wedding flashed on an oversized screen.

“I wanted to do it in a very organic way and find the right song,” he told PEOPLE of his decision to share the previously private wedding video. “It was really more about choosing to do that song, ‘Without You,’ and how that felt like the right time for that.”

Urban also noted that he got permission from Kidman to air “just a little bit” of their wedding video.

May 1, 2023: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the Met Gala

Kidman and Urban stepped out together for the 2023 Met Gala in NYC. The country star looked dapper in a black-and-white tuxedo while the Being the Ricardos actress was photographed in the same pink tulle gown she wore in a 2004 Chanel No. 5 ad directed by Baz Luhrmann. The dress was designed by Karl Lagerfeld, whose work provided the theme for the event.

April 14, 2024: Nicole Kidman says she’s “so lucky” to have Keith Urban

While talking to PEOPLE for the magazine’s 50th-anniversary special issue, Kidman gushed about Urban. “I’m so lucky that I have Keith who’s just my love, my deep, deep love,” she said.

May 6, 2024: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the Met Gala

The actress and singer donned coordinating black and white ensembles by Balenciaga at the Met Gala. Ahead of the event, Kidman admitted to PEOPLE that she still gets butterflies before climbing the museum’s stairs, adding that she overcomes the nerves by “[having] my man with me.”

September 29, 2025: A source confirms Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are separated

Kidman and Urban separated after nearly 20 years of marriage, a source confirmed to PEOPLE.

“Nicole’s sister [Antonia] has been a rock and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another,” the source said, adding, “She has been fighting to save the marriage.”