One music library for two iphones - questions

Me and my wife both have an Iphone and we recently bought an Imac. We did import all of mp3 we have accumulated for years on PC's in Itunes.
I would like to know what would be the best setup so we can share the same music library and sync everything on the Iphone's with our Itunes account separately.
Thank!,
Julien

Here are some suggestions: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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