 After the divorce from Battles , McEntire 's career started to gain significant and sustained momentum . In 1989 , McEntire married her manager and former steel guitar player , Narvel Blackstock . The couple wed in a private ceremony on a boat in Lake Tahoe . Together , the pair took over all aspects of McEntire 's career , forming Starstruck Entertainment , which was originally designed to help manage her career . From her second marriage , McEntire inherited three stepchildren - Chassidy , Shawna , and Brandon - and then gave birth to a son , Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock , in February 1990 . On August 3 , 2015 , it was announced in a joint statement on McEntire 's website that she and Blackstock had been separated for a few months after twenty @-@ six years of marriage . McEntire announced in December 2015 that their divorce was final on October 28 , 2015 . Despite the divorce , McEntire remains very close to her three stepchildren as well as the Blackstock family . Her step kids have six children between them whom she adores and considers them her grandchildren . In fact , McEntire 's song " Somebody 's Chelsea " was written about her granddaughter . 
