His First Love
Carson met Jody, who would become his first wife, while they were in college. They married when they were very young and had three boys: Cory, Ricky, and Chris. They divorced in 1963, as their marriage couldn’t last through Carson’s rising fame — and his wandering eye.
A Second Chance At Love
Carson then met and quickly married Joanne Copeland, who was a stewardess and was also a TV hostess on the show Video Village. Carson most likely had hoped that this relationship would fare better than his first, but he’d find out just how badly things would become soon.