Keith Urban and John Mayer both performed at a Tiger Woods charity event, Tiger Jam 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas last night.


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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban could have hired a surrogate in Australia -- and it probably would have been easier for them -- but they chose the US of A because they're just not as big here.


Sources directly connected with the birth of Faith tell TMZ ... Nicole and Keith were frank about their choice -- that in Australia they live in a fishbowl and they can't do anything on the down low.

The couple told people connected with the birth that the U.S. is so "entertainment oriented," they're just two of many celebs and aren't scrutinized the way they are in Australia ... making it a lot easier to have the baby without anyone noticing.

And it worked.  Before TMZ broke the story, we called some of Nicole's reps, who were totally unaware she had hired a surrogate who had given birth.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have a new baby, courtesy of a surrogate ... TMZ has learned. 



Sources tell us ... the baby was born at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville on December 28, 2010. Her name is Faith.

Kidman and Urban are Faith's biological parents.

We're told Nicole and Keith went into the hospital on the down low last week, visiting Faith and the surrogate during her stay.   They entered the hospital through the back, took the service elevator to the top floor, which they rented exclusively for themselves.

We're told the baby is home.

Yes, Nicole and Keith were both at the Golden Globes last night.

UPDATE: Keith and Nicole just released a statement to TMZ saying, "Our family is truly blessed, and just so thankful, to have been given the gift of baby Faith Margaret. No words can adequately convey the incredible gratitude that we feel for everyone who was so supportive throughout this process, in particular our gestational carrier."

Solo singers Keith Urban, 42, and John Mayer, 32, dueted during rehearsals for the CMT Awards in Nashville on Wednesday.



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Singer Keith Urban was involved in a minor motorcycle accident Monday morning in Sydney, Australia -- and he's hopping mad at paparazzi who he says caused the smash-up!

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Rehabbed country singer Keith Urban got himself into ol' fashioned standoff with a paparazzo in Brentwood yestersday.

While the photog clearly had the bigger camera, it's not the size that counts ... right?

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Leaked photo of Baby Brangelina causes furor

Lawyers for People magazine have demanded that websites immediately remove the world's first glimpse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's child Shiloh Nouvel.

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