inside Toby Keith's life with longtime wife Trisha Lucas Toby Keith a country music musician has taken a sabatical from public life in recent years owing to health concerns but he has been supported by his longtime wife Trisha Lucas the beer for my hores singer was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the fall of 2021 but he has recently resumed public appearances including a comeback to the stage at a charity event Keith has been in the public eye since the debut of his 1993 song should have been a cowboy and he has maintained a strong family life during this period having been married for 39 years here's an inside look at Toby Keith's family life and marriage to long-term wife Trisha Lucas Toby Keith koville met the love of his life long before he rose to National prominence as a renowned country artist in an interview with People magazine in 2001 the couple confirmed their origin narrative which dates back to the early 1980s in their Hometown Oklahoma Keith graduated from more High School in 1979 and began working in the oil fields for $50,000 per year but he continued to play in local clubs at night in an Oklahoma Pub he met his future wife Trisha Lucas I was 19 and he was 20 Lucas told people he was just one of those Larger than Life guys full of confidence the couple married 3 years later on March 24th 1984 Keith began focusing on his music about the time the oil fields went bust he remembered the couple raised a family but had to deal with creditors he would remark Trish one of these days my time will come hang in there Lucas said Keith was proven correct in 1993 when his single should have been a cowboy reached number one on the North American country music charts and his debut aonomus album went platinum in the United States