Dolly Parton is a big name that most people will know. Whether they attribute it to her country music career, her work as an actress, her titles as a producer, her ventures as a businesswoman, or the charitable work she has instituted, it is hard to find someone in America who does not know this iconic superstar. What many people may not know, however, is why Dolly Parton never had children. She has been with her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, since she was 18, marrying him two years later in 1966.