'The Color Purple' star Fantasia Barrino says her husband is the first person who ever called her 'beautiful' and 'a queen.' Here's a timeline of their relationship.

Kendall Taylor and Fantasia Barrino
Kendall Taylor and Fantasia Barrino in 2018.
  • Fantasia Barrino recently spoke about her "soulmate" husband, Kendall Taylor. 
  • Barrino and Taylor married three weeks after meeting each other in 2015. 
  •  Barrino has two children with a previous partner and one with Taylor. 

Fantasia Barrino can't help but gush about her husband, Kendall Taylor.

Barrino, 39, shared details about her relationship during an interview with People this month.

"My husband's been in the trenches with me," Barrino told the outlet. "He came into my life and was the first person that ever called me beautiful and a queen every day, even when I felt like I didn't look good or my hair was all over my head."

Barrino stars as Celie in "The Color Purple," which hit theatres on Christmas Day to rave reviews. She told People that Taylor's support has been invaluable.

"It means a lot to share this moment with him. He's invested so much into my life and I feel like he's my soulmate," she said.

Barrino and Taylor have been together for eight years. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

Barrino and Taylor got married three weeks after meeting at a bar in 2015.
Fantasia Barrino and Kendally Taylor in November 2015.
Fantasia Barrino and Kendall Taylor in November 2015.

Barrino shared details about how she and Taylor met during a July 2019 interview on The Breakfast Club. Barrino said they were both at a rooftop bar in North Carolina and "talked all night long."

Fantasia added that she had a small list of things she looked for in a partner, including a man who loved her, her two children, and God.

"All the things that were on my list, he was," Barrino said of Taylor.

Barrino and Taylor tied the knot in a courthouse wedding just three weeks after meeting.

Barrino later shared wedding photos to her Instagram page in a now-deleted post in July 2015.

According to People, Barrino had a wedding ceremony on a yacht in July 2015. She praised her husband in the caption of an Instagram post at the time.

"This Man … God made him just for Me and me Just For Him," the post read. "Be Happy with me you guys cause I've been thru SOOOOO much. Some stuff was my wrong decisions but all I ever really wanted was this … Real Love. This Man and this smile is real."

In July 2017, Barrino and Taylor took a trip to St. Lucia during their anniversary month.

Barrino chronicled the couple's trip to the Caribbean island in July 2017 in a series of Instagram posts.

"I Do Love You," Barrino wrote in one post's caption.

Taylor shared a touching tribute to Barrino in July 2019 for their wedding anniversary.

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