Dolly Parton Posts Extremely Rare Picture of Husband, Writes Him a Song

Dolly Parton took to Instagram just after midnight to write a post about her late husband Carl who was laid to rest. She wrote a song for Carl Dean called ‘If You Hadn’t Been There’

Parton wrote: "Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end. They live in memory and in song, and I dedicate this to him." She posted an extremely rate

Here is the song that Dolly Dedicated to ‘If You Hadn’t Been There’.

The lyrics for ‘If You Hadn’t Been There’ say "I wouldn't be here, if you hadn't been there.

Dolly Parton took to Instagram to announce the death of her husband Carl Dean on Monday. He was 82 years old and said that he would be laid to rest in a private funeral with only family there. Her husband was a story line in her career, but not because he was with her much in the opposite. He actually was more famous BECAUSE he was never seen around. The legend goes that he went to one big, fancy even with Dolly very early on in her career and he did not like it so he said that he was going to stay home. Parton warned Carl that the more she got famous the less she was going to be home and he said that was just find.

Carl was both a realtor and a brick layer throughout his life.

Someone had asked Reba the other day if she had ever met Dolly's late husband even though her and Dolly have been friends for a really long time.