Bruce Springsteen divorced his first wife after 26 years of marriage.

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Marking 28 years of marriage, the couple will celebrate another wedding anniversary this summer.Since they started their careers together on the Jersey Shore music scene in the 1980s, Bruce, 69, and Patti, 65, have been through it all.

Growing up in New Jersey, Bruce and Patti ran in the same social circles.According to Rolling Stone, the two grew up 10 miles from each other.Before she met the Boss she already knew some of Bruce's friends and bandmates, and had been dreaming of a career in music since she was a teen.

The Stone Pony in New Jersey was where the two first met, before Bruce's music career really took off.As Bruce was planning his "Born In the U.S.A." tour, Patti tried to be a backup singer.She was the only female member of Bruce's E Street Band.

During the Born in the U.S.A. tour and the "Tunnel of Love Express" tour, the two often performed passionate duets, according to an excerpt from the singer's biography.Bruce married someone else in 1985.The divorce was finalized in March of 1989 after their marriage fell apart a few years later.

sparks started to fly.The two people who moved in together were Bruce and Patti.

"Patti's been in love with Bruce for as long as I can remember," her high school art teacher told People magazine in 1988.We'd heard about it from her brother Michael.When it finally came into the open, it wasn't a big surprise.

Their first child, Evan, was born in Los Angeles in 1990.Their second child, Jessica, was born one year later.Samuel was born three years later.

While they continue to make music and perform together, the rock 'n' roll pair reside back where it all started, on the New Jersey coast.These two make it seem easy for married couples to work together.

Bruce told Variety that they have developed natural boundaries.She is an E Street band member and when we walk offstage we are husband and wife.

New ways to lean on one another have always been found by the twosome.Just like his father, The Boss has been battling depression throughout his sixties.