Italian singer and global pop icon Laura Pausini was honored with the Icon Award at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards on October 23, 2025. Pausini is married to Italian musician Paolo Carta, who is also a singer, guitarist, music director, and record producer. The couple has a daughter named Paola.“Thank you so much, Billboard, for this important recognition. The fact that you consider me an icon makes me feel like a rare gem. It fills me with pride that after more than 30 years of career, I have the good fortune to be here, in front of all of you,” Pausini said in her acceptance speech.She continued, “I’ve always said it: being from Italy and at the same time feeling so Latina is an enormous privilege that you have allowed. You have adopted me since I was a teenager.”Laura Pausini then went on to thank her “hardworking” self, who hadn’t given up over the decades when she was rejected. All we know about the personal life of Laura PausiniLaura Pausini, 51, began dating Paolo Carta, 61, in 2005, when he joined as her touring guitarist. Their only child, Paola, was born in February 2013. After 18 years together, the couple exchanged wedding vows in March 2023. A week later, the From the Inside songstress shared photos of their nuptials on Instagram.“We said, I do,” the post was captioned.Back then, she also uploaded a video showing moments from the intimate ceremony, including being walked down the aisle by her father Fabrizio Pausini, her daughter as the flower girl, the exchange of wedding vows, and her own performance from the wedding.“This is our wedding vow: ‘There’s already everything we want in front of us.’”According to IMDb, Paolo Carta was born in April 1964 in Rome, Italy. As mentioned, he is a singer, guitarist, music director, and record producer. He is also a rock musician and a trained classical guitarist who has collaborated with the Italian band, Banco dl Mutuo Soccorso. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThroughout his career, Paolo has worked alongside famous Italian artists, including Adriano Celentano, on his 1991 album Il re degli ignoranti and Luca Barbarossa on his 1989 album Al di la del muro.Paolo Carta’s other collaborators are Eros Ramazzoti, Max Pezzali, Bruno Lauzi, Pinuccio Pirazzoli, Gianni Morandi, Alexia, Fabio Concato, Riccardo Cocciante, and others. Global artists such as Whitney Houston, Manhattan Transfer, Lionel Ritchie, and Gloria Gaynor have also worked with Laura Pausini’s husband.The husband-wife duo has also collaborated on several projects, including her 2022 documentary, Laura Pausini: Piacere di conoscerti, and her albums, Inedito (2011) and Simili (2015), among others. Together, they also performed at several Sanremo Music Festivals. Paolo Carta has also released a solo album titled Domande.He was previously married to Rebecca Galli from 1995 to 2012 and shared three children with her: Jader, Jacopo, and Joseph. The two-time Latin Grammy nominee and one-time winner now has over 77,000 followers on Instagram.Laura Pausini with her husband and daughter at the "Piacere Di Conoscerti" Photocall - Source: GettyMeanwhile, Laura was in a relationship with her manager, Gabriele Parisi, and partner-producer Alfredo Cerruti Jr. in the past. Speaking with FASHION magazine in the past, Pausini shared that motherhood had made her “much braver and bolder” and credited her daughter Paola for giving her “new energy.”Laura Pausini, who has sold over 75 million records and earned 6 billion streams in her three-decades-long career, released two songs recently, including Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos and Bad Bunny’s Turista.According to Yahoo!, the songs will appear in her forthcoming album, Yo Canto 2. She is also set to embark on her brand-new world tour in 2026.