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Dad of Keith Urban’s guitar player addresses romance rumors after Nicole Kidman divorce

The father of Keith Urban’s rumored new love interest is speaking out in the wake of Nicole Kidman’s divorce from the country superstar.

Chuck Baugh, whose 25-year-old daughter, Maggie Baugh, plays guitar for the “Somebody Like You” singer, has revealed whether he thinks the pair are romantically linked.

“I don’t know anything about it, other than she’s a guitar player for him,” he told Daily Mail on Thursday.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at The Star in Frisco on May * in Frisco, Texas.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8. Getty Images for ACM
Maggie Baugh performs onstage, playing guitar, during "Maggie Baugh & Friends" at 3rd & Lindsley on March 16, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maggie Baugh performs in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 16, 2022. Getty Images

Baugh’s dad, who met Urban last year during a concert in Las Vegas added that he believes his daughter’s relationship with the country crooner is strictly professional.

“It’s more of a musician thing than a dating thing,” he said, before admitting that he hasn’t “heard one way or the other.”

The news of Kidman and Urban’s split first broke on Monday, one day before the “Babygirl” actress pulled the trigger and filed for divorce from the “Blue Ain’t Your Color” singer in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 5
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban at the Golden Globes this January. Penske Media via Getty Images
Maggie Baugh in an Instagram post shared on Sept. 7, sitting on a couch, wearing black cowboy-style long boots and a hat
Maggie Baugh backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in an Instagram post shared on Sept. 7. maggie_baugh/Instagram
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban looking lovingly at each other during the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8 in Frisco, Texas.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, on May 8. Getty Images for ACM

Sources claimed the pair had been separated “since the beginning of summer” and that Urban had already “moved out of their family home” and moved into his own pad in Nashville.

Kidman cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason behind their split, per the divorce documents obtained by The Post, and listed their date of separation as “date of filing.”

Insiders close to the former couple, meanwhile, suggested Urban was already seeing another woman, although it was unclear if he started dating her before or after leaving the Oscar winner.

Nicole Kidman attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers" Season 2 at the Beverly Estate on May 15, in Beverly Hills, wearing a black suit with a white flower.
Nicole Kidman attends the Season 2 premiere of “Nine Perfect Strangers” in Beverly Hills on May 15. Getty Images
Keith Urban poses in a press room during the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8.
Keith Urban at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May after winning the Triple Crown Award. Getty Images

“All the signs point to the fact Keith is with another woman,” a source told TMZ. “Let’s just say Nicole doesn’t dispute that, but she’s still shocked over it.”

“It’s all over Nashville,” another insider claimed.

The rumors that Urban was seeing another woman gained more momentum after it was revealed that the Grammy winner changed a song lyric originally about Kidman to reference Baugh during a recent concert.

Maggie Baugh and Tanner Adell perform on the Fresh Finds Rooftop at Spotify House during CMA Fest at Ole Red on June 9, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maggie Baugh performs during CMA Fest in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 9, 2022. Getty Images
Maggie Baugh performs onstage during "Maggie Baugh & Friends" at 3rd & Lindsley on March 16, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maggie Baugh performs in Nashville, Tennessee, in March 2022. Getty Images
Maggie Baugh sings onstage during the iHeartCountry Festival at the Moody Center on May 4, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Maggie Baugh performs during the iHeartCountry Festival in Austin, Texas, in May of last year. Getty Images

“I know Keith. I know his mannerisms,” a Nashville radio professional told Daily Mail. “Even if I didn’t know what I know, I’d be like, ‘There’s something going on here.’”

“The rumor is that it was an aspiring musician on the scene, a much-younger brunette, and she totally fits the bill,” he added of Baugh.

Another Nashville insider claimed that “the gossip all over town” was that Urban and his guitarist “have had a thing for a few months.”

From left: Anna Vaus, Keith Urban, and Maggie Baugh sing onstage during the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
From left: Anna Vaus, Keith Urban and Maggie Baugh perform during the 2024 CMT Music Awards in April 7, 2024. WireImage
Maggie Baugh and Keith Urban play guitars onstage at the 2024 iHeartCountry Festival Show at Moody Center on May 4, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Maggie Baugh and Keith Urban perform onstage at the 2024 iHeartCountry Festival in Austin, Texas, on May 4, 2024. WireImage

“It’s like one big high school with rumors and innuendo, but also a lot of people know a lot of things,” they said. “It is 100 percent credible that they’d be together.”

The former “American Idol” judge invited Baugh, who first made a name for herself as a rising country music star on TikTok, to perform with him at the CMT Music Awards in April 2024.

She later accompanied Urban again for musical guest appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that same year.

Maggie Baugh is seen backstage at 3rd and Lindsley on Feb. 2, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maggie Baugh backstage during a concert in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 2, 2022. Getty Images

Baugh went on to join the “Be Here” artist’s band when he kicked off his current tour back in May.

As for Kidman, she was recently spotted for the first time since filing for divorce from Urban earlier this week.

The “Pretty Little Lies” star broke cover and was photographed during a hike with her younger sister, Antonia, in Nashville on Wednesday.

Nicole Kidman attends Kering Women in Motion Talk during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Majestic Hotel on May 18, 2025, in Cannes, France.
Nicole Kidman during the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2025. Getty Images
Keith Urban attends at a live taping of SiriusXM's "Literally! With Rob Lowe" at SiriusXM Studios on Sept. 17, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Keith Urban at SiriusXM Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2024. Getty Images for SiriusXM

Besides leaning on her family for support amid her split from Urban, Kidman has also reportedly turned to longtime friend Naomi Watts for “clever” advice during the tough time.

The former power couple first met at the G’Day USA Gala in January 2005, and they tied the knot on June 25, 2006.

They welcomed two daughters during their 19-year marriage: Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.

Kidman noted in the divorce docs that she seeks to be the “primary residential parent” of the kids.

The exes have reportedly hashed out a parenting plan, too, which outlines that the “Eyes Wide Shut” star will have Sunday and Faith for 306 days of the year while Urban will get them for 59.