Consolidated family music library... Help with Implications

Here's our setup
Two family members: husband/wife
Each member with one iPod and one ipad
Each member has own apple ID
Each member has own iTunes user on same computer
Each has its own, separate iTunes music library
Both use husband's apple ID to pay for purchases
I would like to consolidate both music libraries into one and place it in public folder on a NAS server.
I think I know how to do this as there are numerous posts and knowledge base articles, but have one important question: assume I have successfully merged both libraries and now have both iTunes users pointing towards the same music library. Now, say my wife makes a song purchase in either her iPhone or here iTunes user in the PC... Will that song automatically appear in my iTunes library the next time I open iTunes on my user?
I have not done this delicate merge procedure because I have not completely understood the implications of the merge. Any comments will be appreciated.

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