After 15 years of marriage,Brooks and Mahl finalized their divorcein 2001.
“People constantly wanting your attention and yanking and pulling on him.
He’d be gone eight to 10 weeks at a time,” she said.

But we both grew apart really, really quickly."
Here’s what Mahl is up to today.
Three years after they tied the knot, Brooks' self-titled debut album would come out.

The song would go number 1 for two consecutive weeks in 1993.
She co-founded Wild Heart Ranch with Annette King in Oklahoma back in 1997.
But there’s nothing like loving your babies."

In a November 2019 interview withThe Tennessean, Brooks revealed the well-oiled machine that kept their routine constant.
“They saw both their parents in the morning and both parents in the evening and for 14 years.
That’s how we ran it because we knew it was right for those kids.

It was simple.”
Now that the kids are grown and out of the house, things certainly have changed.
However, it seems Brooks and Mahl are remaining harmonious.
“It’s rare you get to hear the other side.