Country singer Rory Feek marries daughter's teacher 8 years after wife Joey's death

Rory Feek is embarking on a new journey.

Eight years after his wife and musical collaborator Joey Feek passed away from cervical cancer, Rory Feek announced that he has married Rebecca, who is not only his 10-year-old daughter Indiana's teacher but also a close family friend.

The couple tied the knot on July 14 at a "timber-frame pavilion here in Greycliff, Montana," Rory detailed in a blog post about the memorable event. He also noted that although he and Rebecca have been together for a while, their union was made possible thanks to his daughter.

"We knew marriage was a possibility," Rory recounted, "it wasn't something that either of us felt like we could seriously talk about. Mostly because up until that time Indiana only saw Rebecca as 'Miss Rebecca her schoolteacher and our friend."

Fortunately for the couple, Indiana came up with the idea in "late March" while she and Rebecca were spending time together on Rory's farm.

"They came back in the kitchen," the musician—who was married to Joey for 14 years before her death at age 40—recalled, "and Rebecca said, 'Rory, Indiana just asked me something that I think you need to hear.'"

"I asked Indy, and she told me that she said, 'Ms. Rebecca, I think you should marry Papa,'" he continued. "Of course, I was happy, but caught off guard and told her that that was something we'd all have to start praying about."

However, Indy’s perspective on the situation was more involved, as she shared her thoughts with Rory and Rebecca., "my Mama's been gone a long time. And if she marries you, maybe she could be my new mother."