Can I create a separate icloud account for my husband but still use the same itunes account?  I want our contacts, photos and storage capacity to be separate but be able to share music and apps we purchase.

can I create a separate icloud account for my husband but still use the same itunes account?  I want our contacts, photos and storage capacity to be separate but be able to share music and apps we purchase.

Welcome to the Apple community Pammy.
Yes, that's exactly what I'd suggest for the vast majority of users.

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