Can my wife and I each have our own accounts on one Mac?

I've searched the forum but not found anything close to answering this yet.
My wife has an iTunes account and we have authorized her Mac and my Mac to be able to play the songs she downloads. She has always done the purchasing and I have never had an iTunes account.
Now I have been given a £25 iTunes music card and want to use it. Rather than use it on my wife's account, I was wondering can I set up my own iTunes account and authorize my Mac to play music from both accounts, or will it lose the ability to play songs from her account as soon as it is enabled to play the ones from mine?
I don't mind if the songs get mingled into one huge library so long as I can play songs from teh two accounts on my own Mac...
Thanks
Fleabag

can I set up my own iTunes account and authorize my Mac to play music from both accounts
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