Grammy Awards winner for Best Country Album and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Natalie Maines is a well-known singer and songwriter from the United States. She is popular in the world for being the lead vocalist of an American country music band the Dixie Chicks. She is also an activist.
Natalie Maines' early life and education
Five feet and three inches tall, Natalie Maines was born as Natalie Louise Maines on 14th October 1974 in Lubbock, Texas, the United States of America to Lloyd Maines and Tina May Maines.
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She is an American and is of white ethnicity.
Natalie Maines' education
As a child, Natalie attended Williams Elementary School. She also got enrolled at O.L. Slaton Junior High School and there she was in the high school cheerleader team.
She joined Lubbock High School and finally completed her high school graduation from there.
Natalie Maines married life and divorce
While Natalie was pursuing her higher education at South Plains College, she fell in love with Michael Tarabay. She began her affairs with him and began dating him as her boyfriend. Michael Tarabay is a bassist.
They got married on the 9th of May 1997 but this married life ended in divorce in 1999 citing irreconcilable differences.
On the 1st of May 1999, while Natalie was attending the wedding ceremony of her bandmate Emily Robison, she met her second husband Adrian Pasdar there. Adrian Pasdar is an actor as well as a voice artist.
After several months of love life, they got married on the 24th of June 2000. As loving spouses, they have been parents twice.
Natalie Maines' career
After that, she joined West Texas A&M and South Plains College. In 1995, she appeared in Pat Green's debut album, Dancehall Dreamer as its background vocalist.
At the end of that year, she joined an American country music group Dixie Chicks, comprising of members; Martin Strayer's wife Emily Robison and Martin Maguire, and began recording their fourth album.
She joined them as their lead vocalist and their fourth album Wide Open Spaces was finally released on the 27th of January 1998.
Besides her involvement with the Dixie Chicks, she is also a solo artist, and her solo debut album Mother was released on the 7th of May 2013.
Natalie Maines' net worth
She has been earning a lucrative amount of salary and her net worth is said to be around $40 million.
It is said that she earned a salary of $172,000 every month.