Country Singer Karley Scott Collins Addresses Keith Urban Dating Rumors
Written by admin on January 19, 2026
Country music singer Karley Scott Collins is setting the record straight regarding rumors she’s dating Keith Urban in the wake of his divorce from Nicole Kidman.
“Yall, this is absolutely RIDICULOUS and untrue,” the singer, 26, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, January 18, over a screenshot of an online news article claiming Urban, 58, had “moved in with GF Karley Scott Collins.”
The article described Collins as Urban’s “rumored girlfriend” amid his “recent divorce” from Kidman, also 58.
Rumors quickly started swirling that the country music star was dating Collins after his and Kidman’s divorce was finalized earlier this month. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time, the former couple finalized their split in a Nashville court on January 6 after 19 years of marriage.
Per the paperwork, neither party will pay alimony or spousal support while Kidman serves as the primary parent of her and Urban’s two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15. (Kidman also shares two adult children, Conor and Bella, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.)
Kidman initially filed for divorce months earlier in September 2025, citing “irreconcilable differences” for the split.
“[They] needed time to figure out if they were going to actually divorce,” a source exclusively told Us shortly after Kidman filed to end the pair’s marriage, adding that the former couple had been “quietly separated for a while now.”
“She had faith they could work it out,” the insider added. “This wasn’t Nicole’s decision, and she is devastated.”
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Shortly after news of the pair’s split made headlines, footage from Urban’s past concerts resurfaced online that fueled affair rumors between Urban and guitarist Maggie Baugh. Per various social media clips, Urban changed the lyrics of his song “The Fighter,” which is about Kidman, while pointing and shouting at Baugh, leading to speculation that there was something romantic going on between the musicians.
The guitar player, a staple on Urban’s High and Alive World Tour, stepped away from Urban’s band. While she never publicly addressed the dating or affair rumors, her father denied the allegations on his Facebook page, writing, “NO. Just No.”
In a 2017 interview with Piper’s Picks, Baugh shared why dipping her toe in the musician dating scene was not her cup of tea.
“There’s always been a rule you can’t date the band members because what happens if we break up?” she explained at the time, while not naming any names.
As for Urban, he ultimately decided to remove “The Fighter” from his setlist.
Collins, for her part, is a former child actress who started working at age 6. In 2008, she appeared in the movie Amish Grace and played Gretel on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. At age 9, she started to become interested in music.
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“When I was 9, I had got this audition and they told me I needed to learn how to play guitar for it,” she told Country Swag in a 2022 interview. “So that was when I picked up my first guitar ever, and I just kind of just really fell in love with it, and pretty much never put it down.”
Collins was named as a supporting act for Urban’s High and Alive World Tour in December 2024. Five months after the tour kicked off in Alabama in 2025, Collins sent Urban a special birthday message via Instagram.
“happy birthday @keithurban!!!” she captioned a photo of her and the country music star hugging onstage. “I am so grateful for the time we spent on the road with you and everything the boys and I had the opportunity to learn from you and your team.”
