How do i share iTunes with my wifes user account?

I decided to buy an IMac and although im not entirely useless with it, im really struggling to resist the temptation to put it back in the box.
the 2 main problems are our ITunes account and our contracts.
both myself and my wife now have each others contacts on our phones.
i have set up my wife a separate user account, however I cannot work out how to share iTunes with her.
I have set her up a separate icloud  account and now she has no contacts whatsoever.    
is there any support that could log onto the system and correct a few things here as im running out of ideas.
thanks in advance.

You have to turn on Sharing and then Authenticate Sharing on the other devices. You can have up to 5.

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