Rumors of a new relationship, visible family shifts, and a direct response from the woman involved have brought Keith Urban’s personal life back into public focus.
Keith Urban is once again the subject of tabloid attention, with reports raising questions about a possible new relationship and claims that he may be living with someone new.
The woman linked to the speculation has since responded publicly. Meanwhile, new details have also emerged about Urban’s finalized divorce from Nicole Kidman.
Keith Urban speaks on stage during the 2025 Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, Australia | Source: Getty Images
Rumors Tie Urban to Fellow Musician
A report from the Daily Mail sparked new rumors about Urban’s personal life. Sources said he was dating country singer Karley Scott Collins, and some believed they might even be living together.
‘”I hear he [Urban] has someone, which is why the girls are publicly supporting Mom,” one source said. “People think they are even living together. Look, teen girls love their dads, so there’s a reason they’re making it three against one.”
Keith Urban speaks onstage at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, on May 11, 2023 | Source: Getty Images
The report also mentioned recent sightings of Kidman with her daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Urban, in Paris and Sydney. They were also seen joining a Thanksgiving “turkey trot” run, which was unusual for the usually private actress.
The source said, “Each time you see them they are linking arms or holding hands. It looks ‘us against the world.'”
Nicole Kidman attends Paris Fashion Week with daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret on October 6, 2025 | Source: Getty Images
The same source added, “I feel like with the pictures she is briefing against him, without briefing against him. It feels as if she is really mad at him and she is using the girls to show that he is in the doghouse.”
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman attend the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on March 27, 2022 | Source: Getty Images
The speculation gained momentum across social media, with growing focus on the artist at the center of the rumors.
Singer Addresses the Speculation Online
Collins, the singer linked to Urban in the reports, addressed the claims on Instagram Story. In a story posted to her account, she shared a screenshot of a headline suggesting she had moved in with Urban.
Karley Scott Collins denies rumors linking her to Keith Urban in a recent Instagram Story Source: Instagram/karleyscottcollins
Her denial came just months after she shared a public birthday tribute to Urban on Instagram. In the October 2025 post, Collins reflected on their recent tour experience, writing:
“happy birthday @keithurban !!! I am so grateful for the time we spent on the road with you and everything the boys and I had the opportunity to learn from you and your team. We will never forget how kind you were to us on our first big tour. ❤️ feel so lucky to call you a friend!”
The post showed the two artists hugging on stage and was well-received by fans.
It reflected a friendly, professional connection and came at a time when more people were starting to notice Collins and her music.
Who Is Karley Scott Collins?
According to her official bio, Collins is a rising singer-songwriter known for her raw, introspective lyrics and self-produced debut album, “Flight Risk.”
The album, five years in the making, reflects themes of heartbreak, growth, and independence. Collins has described the project as a personal evolution, saying it came from learning “who I am and what I want.”
Karley Scott Collins arrives at the 58th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on November 20, 2024 | Source: Getty Images
She co-produced the album with Grammy-winner Nathan Chapman and played several instruments herself, including banjo, violin, and bass. Her sound pairs smoky electric guitars with a raspy voice, shaped by years of songwriting and studio work.
In December 2025, Billboard named Collins its “Country Rookie of the Month.” The recognition followed the release of her debut album and a successful tour in Australia.
During the trip, Collins fulfilled a lifelong dream by diving with great white sharks. “Growing up, I would watch Shark Week all the time and I’d been wanting to do this forever,” she told the publication. “We finally got to tour Australia, and that’s the best place to do it.”
She described the experience as a long journey, with five hours of travel followed by six hours on a boat to reach the dive site in the middle of the ocean. Once there, she recalled, “It was the coolest thing. It blew my mind.”
Her rising profile has unfolded alongside growing media interest in Urban’s personal life, which recently took a significant turn.
Divorce Update
New legal records confirmed that Urban’s 19-year marriage to Kidman has officially ended. According to E! News, the divorce was finalized on January 6, 2026, in Tennessee, three months after Kidman filed.
The court documents show that both parties waived their rights to child and spousal support, agreeing instead to cover their own legal fees and personal expenses.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman attend the men’s final at the US Open in New York City on September 10, 2023 | Source: Getty Images
The former couple also reached a mutual agreement to divide all property, including household items, vehicles, bank accounts, and investments, without dispute.
In terms of custody, the filing outlines that Kidman will have primary physical custody of their daughters for 306 days of the year. Urban will have custody for 59 days annually, typically every other weekend.
This arrangement reflects the parenting plan Kidman submitted when she filed for divorce.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are seen at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards | Source: Getty Images
Although a court hearing had originally been scheduled for January 6, both parties waived the right to appear.
The documents reportedly stated, “Each party indicates that he or she does not want to proceed with formal discovery, including completing interrogatories and requests for production of documents, or discovery depositions, that are designed to discover assets and debts.”
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025 | Source: Getty Images
Amid reports linking Urban to Collins, attention has also turned to another rising country artist.
As previously reported, rumors of a possible romance between Urban and singer Maggie Baugh intensified after he changed the lyrics of one of his most personal songs during a live performance on October 1, 2025.
The moment sparked a wave of fan backlash and prompted public comments from Baugh’s father. At the time, Urban appeared to dedicate his hit “The Fighter” to the 25-year-old.
Maggie Baugh and Keith Urban perform at the iHeartCountry Festival in Austin, Texas, on May 4, 2024 | Source: Getty Images
Keith Urban Shocks Fans with Onstage Lyric Change
During a live performance, Urban altered the lyric of his hit song, “The Fighter,” singing, “When they try to get to you, Baugh, I’ll be your guitar player,” instead of the song’s original line, sung as, “When they’re tryin’ to get to you, Baby, I’ll be the fighter.”
The moment was captured in an Instagram post by Baugh herself, which quickly circulated online and fueled chatter about Urban’s personal life.
The clip drew hundreds of reactions from stunned fans, many of whom interpreted the lyric swap as a public gesture toward Baugh.
Keith Urban performs his song “The Fighter” with the lyric change on stage, from a video post dated October 1, 2025 | Source: Instagram/maggie_baugh
Fans Say Maggie Baugh ‘Stole’ Nicole’s Husband
One person wrote, “OK, dumping Nicole is looking more suspect.” Another added, “@a_sweet_life_always most definitely. She’s been in his band for a year after he kicked out other long time members. Suspect for sure [sic].”
Things quickly got uglier, with one netizen claiming, “@sherylash It’s so very obvious she stole him from Nicole.. Feel so sorry for Nicole.. He will dump her too when the party is over and he see [sic] the classy lady he is losing.”
Another added with brutal bluntness, “@tracyahooper So he goes and sleeps with his guitar player and slaps Nicole in the face by changing the lyrics in a song he wrote for her to include the other woman?” And one devastated fan wrote, “You broke up Keith Urban and Nicole. Homewrecker 😜😄.”
Some were convinced this was a textbook case of a midlife crisis unraveling in real time. “@calisun123 ya he’s in his mid life crisis era. He dumped the classy, moving on to the trashy, and then he’ll move on again. This kind of guy can’t stand to be single. And he’s looking more and more like his ego and macho-ness is in jeopardy [sic] 🙄🙄🙄,” one person claimed.
Maggie Baugh’s Father Responds
The speculation gained momentum on Tuesday, September 30, when an insider first spoke to the Daily Mail, revealing that the woman at the center of the rumors, later identified as Baugh, was a rising artist from Nashville’s country music scene.
When reached for comment by the outlet, Baugh’s father, Chuck Baugh, responded, “I don’t know anything about it, other than she’s a guitar player for him. It’s more of a musician thing than a dating thing.”
For many, it was the first time Baugh’s name had been linked to the country star, but her path in the music industry had already been far from ordinary.
Maggie Baugh performs during the iHeartCountry Festival at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on May 4, 2024 | Source: Getty Images
Maggie Baugh’s Rise to Fame
Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Baugh began her music education at the age of six, training on the classical violin. Though she was raised on orchestra programs and sheet music, her heart was pulled in a different direction, one of raw lyrics, soul-baring melodies, and self-written songs.
She released her first record as a teenager and began performing at festivals across the southeastern U.S. “I started going to Nashville [Tenn.] when I was 13 and started songwriting around the same age,” Baugh recalled. “I put out my very first record when I was 13 years old.”
She eventually uprooted her life to move to Nashville at the age of 18.
Battling bullying at school, she sought solace in singing and songwriting, a private passion that soon turned into a profession. A pivotal moment occurred when her violin teacher recommended that she try the guitar. That small suggestion changed everything.
Her exit from classical music wasn’t rebellious; it was deeply personal. The isolated world of orchestras didn’t suit her warm, outgoing spirit. She longed for autonomy, a space where she could write and perform her own truth.
She found it in country music, and she claimed it fully by independently producing her own album, “Entertainers Heart.”
Long before viral fame or Nashville dreams, Baugh took her fiddle and her family to Austin, Texas, to audition for “America’s Got Talent” at the tender age of 11. While she didn’t make the cut, the experience would shape her career in more ways than one.
Baugh’s most significant break came when Urban tapped her to join his band as a multi-instrumentalist during a major televised performance. Urban, on the hunt for female players skilled in both guitar and fiddle, found the perfect match in Baugh.
According to Pittsburgh Music Magazine, Maggie Baugh not only performed at the Country Music Television (CMT) Awards but also joined Urban on tour, gaining real-world experience that later fueled her “Entertainer’s Heart” headlining tour, which spanned 60 dates and included international stops.
Performing alongside a global icon left a deep impression on Urban, not just musically, but personally. “Working with him was like going to rock star school. He is a musical encyclopedia,” she said.
And she’s loving every minute of life on the road. In an Instagram post from her Chicago tour stop on September 24, 2025, she shared her excitement, “It is always a blast hanging with Keith and the Crew. Grateful to be in Chicago TONIGHT. Yall let’s GO.”
For now, the whispers remain just that: speculation fueled by a single lyric change, fan reactions, and the words of a protective father.
Whether this is merely a musician’s camaraderie or the beginning of something deeper, the world will be watching as both Urban and Baugh continue to write the next verses of their intertwined stories, both onstage and off.
