Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end,” she wrote about the ballad.

Dolly Parton has released a new musical tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean. Dean died on Monday at age 82 after the couple had been together for 60 years. Her romantic new song is called “If You Hadn’t Been There.

Dolly Parton's latest song honors her husband Carl Dean, who died March 3. The country singer released "If You Hadn't Been There" Friday, writing a tribute to her late husband on Instagram with the cover of the single - a photo of the two of them.