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She married real estate developer Thomas James Burris. At the time they met, Burris was 39 years old and divorced with an 18-year-old son named Mike. Carpenter was 30 years old. The couple were married at the Beverly Hills Hotel in the Crystal Room. A new song performed by Carpenter at the ceremony, "Because We Are In Love," was released in 1981. The couple went to Bora Bora for their honeymoon. Carpenter called her family from the island and described it as "Boring Boring." The marriage became a disaster, and they filed for divorce in November of 1981. The divorce was to be finalized on the day Carpenter passed away, so she died a married woman. After going out with Carpenter's parents to celebrate her father's birthday. She and Burris returned to the Carpenters' Downey home and after a brief argument, Burris told her parents, "You can keep her!" Carpenter never saw her husband again after that night.

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