The Real Story Behind Dolly Parton’s Hit ‘Jolene’ and How it Ties to Her Husband Carl Dean
Photo:courtesy Dolly Parton courtesy Dolly Parton The singer’s October 1973 hit song chronicles one woman’s jealousy surrounding her significant other’s interest in another woman. But the “real” Jolene didn’t try to “take” Dean. Instead, she had a flirtatious banter with him when she helped him at the bank. “[The] song was loosely based on a little bit of truth,” she said during the 2014 Glastonbury Festival, perThe Independent. “I wrote that years ago when my husband… was spending a little more time with Jolene than I thought he should be....