Singer and Julie Cypher attend the 2000 American Music Awards, just months before they announce their breakup after nearly 12 years and two children together.
Etheridge starts dating the Popular star in 2001. Two years later, they're engaged.
Etheridge and Michaels swapped vows in a commitment ceremony in 2003.
Newly married Michaels played Lacey Haraway in a guest arc on the Showtime drama in 2004.
Michaels is by her lady's side at the 2007 Oscars, where Etheridge won Best Song for "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth.
Parents of then 1-year-old twins attend the 2007 ASCAP Pop Music Awards in L.A.
Love appears to still be in the air in 2008.
The whole family enjoys a day out in Malibu in 2009.
Etheridge performs in June 2010 at the Recording Academy's GRAMMY Artists Revealed concert at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC.
Etheridge gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2011.
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