Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s long-standing marriage once embodied the celebrity world’s perception of long-lasting love. Almost two decades of red carpet appearances, emotional eulogies, and annivesary social media updates appeared to create a portrait of unshakeable devotion. But Monday, Sept. 29 saw PEOPLE reveal that they secretly separated, a move that came as a shock to fans but no one closest to Urban.
When the Sparkle Fizzled behind the Glamour
As one insider explains it, “it really hasn’t been a secret” that Kidman and the country singer have been separated. “People close to Keith felt like the split was kind of inevitable,” a source explained to PEOPLE. Still no announcement from Kidman or Urban’s teams has been made publicly in a statement, and Tinseltown is in a frenzy speculating.
Nineteen Years of Fireworks, Then Radio Silence
Their romance began in 2006 when they married in an expensive Sydney ceremony. They have two daughters, Sunday Rose, now 17 years old, and Faith Margaret, 14 years old, and have been by each other’s side through many industry events. They most recently walked the red carpet as a couple in June 2025 when they attended the Nashville game of the FIFA Club World Cup. Days later, Kidman celebrated their 19th year of marriage in a black-and-white photo on Instagram when she publicly called Urban her “baby” complete with a red heart emoji.
A Love She Did Not Wish to Lose
A source close to Kidman confirmed that the Oscar winner was not about to give up. “She didn’t want this. She has been fighting to save the marriage,” the insider explained, going on to say that her sister Antonia has been her “rock” during the split. Kidman once confided to PEOPLE about how she found her secret to love: Nourishing some “us,” a mutual world that only she and Urban could create together.
No More Princess Keith
Urban has never been hesitant to gush about how much he adores Kidman. At the 2024 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala, he spoke about meeting Kidman as “like meeting a real-life princess.” He even remembered frantically jotting down her phone number on a small piece of paper before finding the courage to make a call to her. It’s these moments, his fawn-like speech, her affectionate posts, that made their love look like a fairy tale. Which is why this conclusion hurts as much for them as it does to those invested in their love story.
New Chapter: Independent Stories
For now, Kidman is leaning on family while navigating through the separation as Urban sticks to his touring schedule that runs through a show in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Oct. 2. Sunday and Faith, their two girls, are probably right in the eye of this new season as mom and dad navigate co-parenting in the spotlight of heavy media attention.
Hollywood divorces are a familiar thing. But when it’s a Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban situation—a couple that once appeared to be untouchable—their split feels like it marks an end to a golden age. Now that it’s done, it’s no longer a matter of why it did happen, but how two human beings so in love will re-script their futures as solitary beings.
