The Best Country Love Songs of All Time

There are plenty of country songsaboutdrinkin'and cheatin', but some of the bestsongsincountry musicare about plain oldloveand all that goes along with it. Most of the country greats likeKeith Urban,Blake Shelton,Rascal Flatts,Kenny Chesney,Garth Brooks,Josh Turnerand more continue to sing about relationships and love. From tracks on falling in love with your soulmate to tunes about unrequited love, here are 20 of the topcountry lovesongsof all time. "Breathe,"Faith Hill A soaring ballad released at the peak of country pop diva anthems,Faith Hill's "Breathe" is still one of the most belovedcountry love songsever.
 "I Will Always Love You,"Dolly Parton The greatestcountry musiclove song wasn't written about a romanticlove story.Dolly Partonwrote"I Will Always Love You"for her dear friend Porter Wagoner upon her exit fromThe Porter Wagoner Show.From then on, the song took on a life of its own. It was a No. 1 hit for Parton in 1974, then again in 1982 when she re-recorded it for theBest Little Whorehouse In Texas. (She's the first singer to score a No. 1 hit twice for the same song.) Ten years later, Whitney Houston had the best-selling single by a woman in music history with her cover of the song. But even without the massive chart success, "I Will Always Love You," a song about pure, selfless love, would still be thebestcountry love songever written. "He Stopped Loving Her Today,"George Jones Love doesn't always work out like we want it to. Some ofcountry music's greatest songs are born out of the notion that even the truest loves don't always last."He Stopped Loving Her Today,"about a man who carries a torch for his one true love until his dying day, is perhaps country's greatest example of heartbreaking, enduring love. "I Cross My Heart,"George Strait Released as the first single from Strait'sPure Countrysoundtrack, "I Cross My Heart" was a No. 1 hit for Strait in 1992. The song, a tribute to unconditional love, is still one ofcountry m