It kind of does bother me. I've always felt that the songs mean more if you're writing them yourself. Take Nanci Griffith as an example. Other than some covers of Country or Folk classics, she writes all her own material, and you get (or I get anyway) a better sense of the person she is, how she grew up, the things that happened to her, through that. Obviously, you can be a great singer and interpret the songs of others really well, and of course not everyone is a songwriter. I just prefer the more personal touch that comes with writing your own songs.
As to their relationship, it would appear to be rock solid. They gig together and guest on each other's albums, so in that way they're probably seen as the First Couple of Country. Nice to know, as you say, that a marriage can survive under the white-hot pressure cooker atmosphere of not one, but two careers in music.
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