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George Strait and Wife Norma: 22 Romantic Photos of the High School Sweethearts
The King of Country Music has a queen, and she's been around since long before he was bestowed that title. George Strait and his wife Norma are high school sweethearts, married since the early '70s.
To country radio station the Bull 100.3, Strait calls Norma "the first girl I ever loved." The two went to high school together in Pearsall, Texas, and "knew each other forever," the country star says.
"I never really even thought anything about her, but then one day, I asked her out, and we went on a date.
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We didn't see each other for a long time after that," Strait shares. "Then one day, I thought, 'I'm missing the boat here,' and we started dating again."
The Straits eloped in Mexico on Dec.
4, 1971, and then, a few weeks later, held a church wedding in their hometown. Strait joined the United States Army shortly