Dolly Parton and Carl Dean were "perfect" for each other

Speaking to Khloe Kardashian on her Khloe in Wonder Land podcast, the 79-year-old country star said: "We were different people. He loved music, but he was a loner.

"He did not want a bunch of people around him except me. Of course he had friends, but he was also the same way. He'd rather be at the barn, be on the farm all day, and if he was gonna go sell a loader or buy a loader or have somebody come work on one of his trucks or tractors, he'd have to let people in.

"But I really think that there's just certain personalities that are great for each other. And we were together 61 years.

"We were just so different, but we were so similar. We were perfect, as far as the temperature in the house. We didn't fight over that 'cause we both were comfortable at the same thing. Just so many things we were compatible about, and we just got along great."

Dolly believes her and Carl's respective Zodiac signs made them compatible.

She said: "I don't know if any of you follow the signs, the Zodiac signs. I'm Capricorn, and [he's a] Cancer, and those are supposed to be compatible. But he was a homebody."

Despite her own fame, the Jolene singer noted her husband "never did an interview in his life" and never courted publicity.

She said: "He'd be out mowing the yard on the tractor, and the fans would come by to see our house, and they'd say, 'Are you Dolly Parton's husband?' And he'd say, 'Do I look like I'd be Dolly Parton's husband?' He'd have on his old straw hat and his coat.

"I didn't ever expose him to [fame] but he was very proud of me."

Dolly and Carl never fought and were always happy in each other's company, no matter what they were doing.

She said: "We got along great because we didn't have nothing to fight over.

"I have to be out in the public and I belong to the public, but I'm such a private person. And my husband was as well.

"That was the thing with us, we were so good for each other because he's a total loner.

"But we could just be in the house all day and say two or three words - didn't matter. Or we could talk all afternoon and lay in bed, talk at night in the dark."