Country music star Dolly Parton has been married to her husband Carl Dean for 55 years, but she is still “steadfast in her devotion” to him and their marriage just as much as she ever was. A source close to the couple said that they are as close as can be, and they are “in it for the long haul.”

“She adores and is committed to Carl. They’re a team and Dolly will always be there for him,” the insider explained to Closer Weekly. “Dolly loves to laugh, as does Carl … they really get each other.”

Though Dolly is aware that their “love affair may not [be] the most conventional,” she is completely fine with the fact that Carl prefers to live his life out of the spotlight.

“Dolly loves her Carl and knows that their unconventional relationship confuses people and her fans … but it’s lasted longer than most,” the source said.

Dolly doesn’t really give a hoot what anyone else thinks, because she knows Carl is her soulmate. The source added that as Dolly has often said, “‘Carl makes me laugh all the time. We both have a warped sense of humor. It’s one of the things that’s kept us together all of this time.’ So that’s what is keeping Dolly going.”

Because Dolly has spent much of her marriage on the road without Carl, she’s been so “grateful” to “spend more time with Carl” at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. On May 30, Dolly and Carl celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary “very quietly at home in Nashville with a nice, simple, country dinner.”

“It wasn’t anything extravagant, they had Carl’s favorite — Dolly’s chicken and dumplings and his beloved pecan ice cream,” the source explained. “They sat outside on the gazebo. It was perfect.”

With COVID-19 restrictions finally loosening up, Dolly is going to be “traveling more for work,” according to the insider. However, “she’s cutting back as much as she can” after getting a taste of how fulfilling life at home with Carl really is.

Dolly has previously said that Carl is her best friend.

“I think if you can be friends, that’s a big, big part of it,” she once said. “There’s nothing you can’t do together. Being great friends is the secret of happiness.”