How do I share contacts between separate users on the SAME Mac?

I need help with an issue that came up today. A client asked me to put all her friend's names and addresses into her contacts.  After entering all the names into the address book I realized that I had entered them all into her husband's contacts, as his user ID was logged on when I opened the computer.  I now need to find a way to export/transfer/copy all those entries to a separate contacts/address book on the SAME Mac?  Anyone have a simple solution?

Hello Whigged-out,
It sounds like you would like to share one library between two different users on your iMac.  I found an article with steps you can take to accomplish this:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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