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It’s official: Nicole Kidman files to divorce Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage, two children

Keith Urban, left, in a jacket and tie smiling next to Nicole Kidman who wears a sparkling, gold gown
Nicole Kidman is making her separation from husband Keith Urban official, filing to divorce the Grammy-winning country music star.
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  • Nicole Kidman filed for divorce from Keith Urban on Tuesday after 19 years of marriage and two children together.
  • Urban moved out of their Nashville home earlier this year while on tour, with Kidman reportedly “fighting to save the marriage.”

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially headed for divorce.

In the latest update to news of their separation, the Oscar-winning “The Hours” star filed her petition to divorce her country music star husband Tuesday in Nashville, The Times has confirmed. Kidman cites “irreconcilable differences” in her complaint for divorce, which also requests that she “should be named primary residential parent” to the two teenage daughters she and the singer share.

The complaint, which was reviewed by The Times, lists their date of separation as the “date of filing.” The estranged spouses also signed a “Marital Dissolution Agreement” that includes a parenting plan, child support worksheet and a “Parenting Seminar Order,” according to TMZ, which broke the divorce news.

Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, separated after they celebrated 19 years of marriage in June. Representatives for Kidman and Urban didn’t respond immediately Tuesday to requests for comment.

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Heartbreak doesn’t feel so good in a place like this. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have gone their separate ways, The Times has confirmed.

The pair first struck up a connection more than 20 years ago, meeting at the G’Day USA gala in Los Angeles— with an assist from Aussie star Geoffrey Rush. They tied the knot a year later in June 2006, saying their “I Do’s” during an intimate ceremony in Sydney. They welcomed their first child, daughter Sunday, in 2008 and their second daughter, Faith, in 2010. Kidman also shares two children with ex-husband Tom Cruise.

Kidman and Urban separated earlier this year and have since been living separately, The Times confirmed Monday. Urban, who kicked off his High and Alive world tour in May, moved out of the family home in Nashville and settled into his own separate crib, also in the country music hub.

With Urban on the road, Kidman has been “holding the family together” and caring for their two daughters, according to TMZ, which first reported the celebrities’ split. A source told People that Kidman had “been fighting to save the marriage.”

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