The country music icon revealed the heartfelt ballad "If You Hadn't Been There" in honor of her nearly sixty years of marriage to late husband Carl Dean.

After meeting outside a Nashville laundromat when she was 18 years old, Dolly Parton and her loving husband Carl Dean would spend the next six decades together. While the country icon rose to fame with hit songs like “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You,

Dolly Parton‘s songs have always been there to comfort us, bring joy and, occasionally, put certain people in their when they get a bit too cheeky. So it's perfectly fitting that following the death earlier this week of her husband of 60 years,

Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There.”

Dolly Parton has released a new song, If You Hadn’t Been There, which she has dedicated to her husband, Carl Dean, who died last week aged 82. The new song is already up on YouTube complete with a picture of the couple when they were young.

Dolly Parton released the new song "If You Hadn't Been There" last week, dedicating it to her late husband Carl Dean. "He will always be the star of my life story," Parton said. The song, which will be included in her upcoming Broadway musical,

In his honor, Dolly has released an emotional new song called “If You Hadn’t Been There.” Parton Releases New Song “I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,