In January of 1961, when he was 17 and she was 15, country singer Gene Watson wed Mattie Louise Bivins, formerly of Bivins. They have a son and a daughter of mature age.
Although Watson has been professionally recording music since the 1960s and performing on tour as of May 2015, his wife remains out of the public glare. An unofficial website maintained by a fan, but endorsed by Watson and his management, details the early years of their marriage and Watson’s music career when he worked in an auto body shop to support his family, as well as the support Mattie and their children provided Watson as his career grew in the 1970s.
