Text messages and calendar use

My wife and I share an Apple ID. We have iPhones (5c) from Verizon and a iPad 2. Do we need to create her a new Apple ID for her phone? We want to maintain our joint calendar and contacts, but i'm not sure if we'll lose that under a new Apple ID. We found a temp solution to stop sending / recieving text messages to all three devices, but we're looking for advice. It's odd also b/c her phone shows my name, and my phone lists her name. Any ideas? Thanks.

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