The Moment
Fresh off his very public split from Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban is already starring in a new role: alleged moving-in-with-the-new-girlfriend guy.
According to a U.S. celebrity news site, which cites an unnamed source from a British tabloid, Urban, 58, has “someone” new in his life after his divorce from Kidman, also 58. That same source claims friends “think they are even living together.”
The rumor mill doesn’t stop there. Speculation is swirling that the mystery woman is 26-year-old country singer Karley Scott Collins, a rising Nashville artist who has opened shows and worked in the same general orbit as Urban. There is no on-the-record confirmation they are dating, and the reports stress there is “no suggestion they had an affair” while he was married.
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The story folds in the exes’ teenage daughters – Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15 – saying their very visible support of Kidman on social media is proof it’s “three against one” in the family right now.
Meanwhile, Urban is said to be in Nashville renovating a studio and working on a breakup album that one insider claims “might be an uncomfortable retelling of the unravelling of their love story.” Reps for Urban and Collins, per the original reporting, haven’t commented.
So that’s where we are: one freshly finalized divorce, one rumored new romance, two teenage daughters, a possible breakup record, and a whole lot of anonymous sources trying to set the scene.
The Take
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but: a middle-aged musician possibly dating a much younger colleague after a long marriage ends is not a plot twist. It’s practically a genre.
The real story here isn’t “Keith Urban has a new girlfriend.” It’s how quickly the public wants a good guy / bad guy script – and how comfortable we are using teenage girls as Exhibit A.
Look at the way this is being framed: Nicole posts more photos with Sunday and Faith, they travel with her, they run a holiday race together, they link arms for the cameras… and suddenly it’s “us against the world” and “three against one.” Or – hear me out – it’s just a newly single mom spending time with her daughters and letting fans see that.
Teen girls are not PR strategists. They’re kids navigating their parents’ divorce with a global audience watching. Turning normal affection into “proof” that their dad has been iced out feels gross, not glamorous.
Then there’s the age-gap angle. A 58-year-old man being linked, even loosely, to a 26-year-old woman will always light up the internet. Add music, fame, and fresh heartbreak, and you’ve got yourself a full-on discourse. But we should be clear: right now this is rumor-level. No Instagram soft launch. No red-carpet debut. No joint statement. Just whispers and “everyone is adamant” chatter.
That breakup album storyline is getting oversold, too. Is it possible Urban pours the end of his marriage into a record? Absolutely – he’s a songwriter, that’s literally the job description. But the idea that it’ll be some scorched-earth, tell-all diary you can use in divorce court is fantasy. At best, it’ll be a curated emotional scrapbook: true feelings, filtered through melody, marketing, and what lawyers sign off on.
To me, this whole thing feels like someone handed us a half-finished jigsaw puzzle and said, “Swear the picture is of a villain.” Fans are trying to decide whether Keith is the heartbreaker, Nicole is the victim, or everyone quietly checked out years ago. The only thing we truly know: two adults ended a long marriage, and both will probably date again. That’s not scandal – that’s life.
If Urban really has moved in with someone new right after the ink dried, it’s… fast. It might be messy. It might also be exactly what two consenting adults want. We don’t have to love it to admit we don’t actually know what went on in that house for the last few years.
Receipts
Here’s what’s solid versus what’s smoke at this point:
- Confirmed
- Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman were married for about 19 years and publicly confirmed their separation in 2025, after living apart for months, according to a U.S. celebrity news report.
- Their divorce was finalized recently, and they share two daughters, Sunday (17) and Faith (15).
- Kidman has been posting more frequently with their daughters – including travel photos in Paris and Sydney and a Thanksgiving “turkey trot” race – which observers have noted.
- Urban is reportedly in Nashville working on new music and renovating a studio space in the city’s Music Row area, per that same U.S. outlet.
- Unverified / Reported Only
- That Urban has “moved in” with a new girlfriend – this comes from anonymous sources quoted by a British tabloid and relayed by the U.S. site.
- That the new girlfriend is country artist Karley Scott Collins, 26. Her name is being floated in speculation, but there’s been no on-the-record confirmation from either of them.
- That Sunday and Faith are publicly siding with their mother as a response to their father’s alleged new relationship. That is an interpretation of social media, not a stated fact from the family.
- That Urban’s upcoming album will be a blow-by-blow retelling of his marriage ending. All current descriptions are from unnamed “insiders,” not from Urban himself.
Sources: A U.S.-based celebrity news report published Jan. 17, 2026, citing quotes from an unnamed source in a British tabloid newspaper; public social media posts from Nicole Kidman featuring her daughters.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you haven’t followed this couple closely, here’s the quick refresher. Nicole Kidman, the Oscar-winning star of films like “Moulin Rouge!” and “The Hours,” married Australian-born country singer Keith Urban in 2006. For nearly two decades they were held up as one of Hollywood’s “against the odds” success stories – lots of hand-holding on red carpets, plenty of loving shout-outs in award speeches, and a shared home base that bounced between the U.S. and Australia.
They welcomed two daughters together, Sunday and Faith, and built a very photogenic life that looked, from the outside, unusually stable for the business they’re in. So when news broke in 2025 that they’d quietly been living apart since early summer and were moving toward divorce, fans were genuinely shocked. A source quoted at the time said the relationship had simply “run its course” and suggested Kidman had tried to save it.
In the background, there were already scattered rumors trying to pin the split on some other woman in Urban’s orbit – including a guitarist friend – which people close to him strongly denied as “absolutely not true.” That’s the environment this new “he’s already moved in with someone” storyline is landing in.
What’s Next
Unless someone in this triangle decides to speak on the record, the most likely “next chapter” is pretty predictable.
Urban will eventually release whatever he’s recording in Nashville. When that project drops, every lyric touching on heartbreak, distance, or regret will be combed into a relationship autopsy. Expect think pieces about “which song is about Nicole,” even if he never says.
If there is a serious new relationship – with Karley Scott Collins or anyone else – it will probably show up first in the usual places: a soft-focus Instagram story, a background appearance in a studio clip, a cozy sighting at a Nashville restaurant, or a low-key plus-one situation at an industry event. That’s when this stops being theory and becomes an actual couple to cover.
For Kidman, the “newly single” arc has basically already started. More family content, more girlfriends’ trips, more fashion moments. She does not need to say a word for the internet to project a whole rebirth narrative onto her – and you can bet it will.
The people I’m most hoping the media backs off of? Sunday and Faith. They deserve to post a Thanksgiving race or a vacation shot with their mom without it being read like court documents. If there’s any line not to cross in a celeb split, it’s that one.
So while the headlines are screaming “new girlfriend” and “breakup album,” it might be smarter for the rest of us to watch what Urban and Kidman actually put their names on. Statements, songs, red-carpet dates – not just whispers.
Your turn: When you see stories like this, do you feel tempted to pick a side in the breakup – or are you over the “hero vs. villain” narrative when relationships end?
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