'Connie's my girlfriend and Paula's our daughter.' " Willie and Collie divorced in 1971, and that same year, the singer married Koepke, whom he met at one of his Houston shows.

Willie Nelson’s mistress-turned-third-wife: Connie Koepke. Nelson's relationship with Connie Koepke may have started in scandal, but the couple wed in 1971 and stayed married for 17 years.

In the new four-episode Paramount+ documentary series Willie Nelson & Family, famed country star Willie Nelson revealed how his ex-wife, Shirley Collie, discovered his years-long affair with ...

“The truth is Connie had been my girlfriend for several years before becoming pregnant,” the said of the affair in Paramount+'s 'Willie Nelson & Family' ...

Then there was the hospital bill that exposed his years-long affair with film producer Connie Koepke. In 1969, while Nelson was still married to his second wife, singer Shirley Collie, ...

Willie Nelson in 1980 with his third wife, Connie Koepke and their children Paula Carlene and Amy Lee. Getty Images He had a shoot-out with his ex-son-in-law . His daughter Lana, ...

Willie Nelson recalled the surprising way his second wife Shirley discovered he was having a years-long affair with Connie Koepke, who would go on to become his third wife.

Koepke said that at the time "the farthest thing from my mind was getting pregnant and telling my mom and dad." Willie Nelson is shown with his wife, Connie, in 1983. (Bettmann/Getty Images) ...

Brandon Bell/Getty Images. Willie Nelson’s second wife, Shirley Collie, didn’t know he was having an affair with Connie Koepke until she found a startling piece of mail.. In the four-episode ...

Nelson's relationship with Connie Koepke may have started in scandal, but the couple wed in 1971 and stayed married for 17 years. They had a second daughter, Amy, who became a musician and activist.

The bill revealed the birth of a baby girl, born to a Mrs. Connie Nelson (a.k.a. Connie Koepke). “Shirley wanted to know who the in the hell was Connie Nelson,” Nelson says in the series.