Keith Urban<\/strong>\u2019s separation<\/a> from Nicole Kidman<\/strong> didn\u2019t come as a surprise to his friends, according to a new report.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople close to Keith felt like the split was kind of inevitable,\u201d a source told People<\/a><\/em> on Tuesday, September 30 \u201cIt really hasn\u2019t been a secret in their circles that Keith and Nicole have been living separately for a while now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTheir lives were moving in different directions, and once he quietly set up his own place, it felt like the writing was on the wall,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n A source told TMZ<\/em><\/a> \u2014 which was the first to break the news that the parents to daughters Sunday<\/strong>, 17 and Faith<\/strong>, 14, were ending their marriage after 19 years \u2013 that the country star, 57, had \u201cmoved out of the family home\u201d into \u201chis own residence in Nashville\u201d at \u201cthe beginning of summer.\u201d<\/p>\n The Oscar winner, 58, \u201chas been fighting to save the marriage,\u201d a source told People<\/em><\/a>, to no avail.<\/p>\n The Babygirl<\/em> star wished her husband a happy 19th anniversary on Instagram<\/a> on June 25. Fans later noticed she did not include the \u201cSomebody Like You\u201d singer in her August 19 post<\/a> captioned, \u201csummer memories.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair spent most of the summer working: Urban has been traveling the U.S. on his High and Alive Tour, while Kidman spent the last three months filming Practical Magic 2<\/em> near London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-30-at-9.36.11-AM-1.png\")