The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Randy Travis

While it's not as tragic as the loss of life or limb, there's something undeniably sad about people who want to be parents but, for whatever reason, don't wind up having kids. Randy Travis, for example, apparently has a real knack with the little ones. "Children are very special to Randy," Travis' wife, Mary, told Taste of Country. "If a fan had a crying baby, he would take that crying baby, put it on his lap. Maybe it was just that honey voice of his that the baby would look at him and be quiet." 

And while Travis has achieved a lot in his life, he was never a biological father, and it's something he regrets. "He wanted children," Mary Travis explained. "I think his relationship with Lib, who was so much older than him, and they were not able to, is what he explained to me." Lib is Lib Hatcher, Travis' first wife and manager, and she's 16 years older than the singer. By the time they were a couple, Hatcher was on the tail end of her "child-bearing years." When that relationship ended and Travis moved on to his second marriage, it was similarly too late in the game for kids.

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