How do my husband and I share iTunes without sharing an apple id

My husband and I want to share a music library, but not apps, etc on our devices.  I was told that this is possible, but everytime we try iTunes keeps confusing our ids within our apps, and now the id on the PC has been switched.  I'm so frustrated!  Please help!

Hi,
the content was purchased using two different Apple-IDs / Accounts?
If above is the case, then I fear you cannot merge the content using now one combined account. Content always belongs to one dedicated account. As well as a iTunes library can only belong to one dedicated Apple-ID. And also the iPhone can only belong to one dedicated iTunes library and also Apple ID (for the store stuff, for iCloud stuff you can use a second ID)

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