Nancy Wilson talks about divorce and finding love in husband Geoff Bywater

Nancy Wilson never thought she would meet the love of her life after divorce.

Speaking to PEOPLE in this week's issue, the famous guitarist revealed that she was really devastated after parting ways with husband and director Cameron Crowe.

"[The divorce] was really a sad time because I didn't know how to get through it," says Nancy. "But now it's definitely okay, because what it brought to me was my new relationship with Geoff, which is everything I always wanted."

Nancy also opened up about working hard for the survival of her marriage while she talked about her family values.

"I was holding out because I thought we could fix it," she says. "And I was from a family where my mom and dad were such devoted people. In my mind, I thought that was the standard by which my life should be lived and my relationships should meet up to. So, when it wasn't working, and I couldn't fix it, I was devastated."

A year after Nancy's divorce with Crowe, she met husband Geoff Baywater in 2011 and instantly fell for him.

"I had my manager come with me on the first dinner I had with him," she says. "I just was too nervous to go on a date after 20 plus years of the stability of marriage. It was way scary."

"The second date was with my attorney and his wife," she adds with a laugh. "By the third date I finally was brave enough to just drag myself to see him. I told him, 'Don't pick me up. I'm driving myself.' I wanted to be able to make a clean getaway if I needed to. It took me a while to have any kind of trust in the situation, but it was a perfect union, I've got to say."

Ten years after the wedding, the couple is living their best life.