{"id":1483,"date":"2024-10-28T12:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/hellomagazine\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:28:21","slug":"how-keith-urban-beat-dark-addiction-to-become-a-loving-husband-and-devoted-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/hellomagazine\/2024\/10\/28\/how-keith-urban-beat-dark-addiction-to-become-a-loving-husband-and-devoted-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Keith Urban beat &#8216;dark&#8217; addiction&#8217; to become a loving husband and devoted dad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;has-dropcap&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Keith Urban turned 57 on Saturday surrounded by the love of his wife and young family. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Yet his life hasn&#8217;t always been so domestically blissful as for years he battled an addicton with the twin demons of alcohol and drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"> Happily, Keith had an angel alongside him fighting these demons in the shape <\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">of wife Nicole Kidman. With her help he got clean and he has since proved himself to be a loving husband and devoted father to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">kids Sunday and Faith.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Here we step back in time to explore how Keith&#8217;s addictions both began and were beaten, and how subsequently he has warmed hearts worldwide through his incredible music and dedication to his family. <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-121362241.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Peter Carrette Archive Collection&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;fp-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#696969&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||2px|15px|true|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#d2ab57&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Keith endured a turbulent childhood growing up in Australia<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-h3-futura&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Condensed|700|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h3 style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Keith&#8217;s early struggles with abuse and addiction<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">The singer was born in New Zealand before his family relocated to Brisbane, Australia, when he was two. Keith had a difficult childhood thanks to his father&#8217;s alcoholism and the physical abuse he endured in the name of &#8220;discipline&#8221;. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Nicole shared a small insight into Keith&#8217;s upbringing with <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamourmagazine.co.uk\/article\/nicole-kidman-glamour-cover-interview-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Glamour UK<\/span><\/a><\/em> in 2021: &#8220;He grew up on a farm, literally in a shed,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t have bedrooms. Four of them lived in a shed that subsequently burned down.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">The father of two shared with <\/span><em>Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2016 that his father was a &#8220;physical disciplinarian&#8221; who never showed affection or love. &#8220;The way he disciplined me, he seemed to have forgotten about it as he got older. I don&#8217;t think he was in denial; he genuinely had no recollection. &#8216;Hitting you? I never did that!'&#8221; he said in the interview. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Although Keith managed to break free of his father when he moved to Nashville and started his career, he couldn&#8217;t escape his genetics. &#8220;My dad was an alcoholic, so I grew up in an alcoholic house, and it took me a long time to believe I was wired the same,&#8221; he told <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/keith-urban-how-my-wife-nicole-kidman-saved-my-life-tjqhq5lm2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">The Times<\/span><\/a><\/em> in 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/americanaddictioncenters.org\/alcohol\/hereditary-genetic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">American Addiction Center<\/span><\/a>, the chance of becoming an alcoholic rises to 50% if there is a family history of the disease. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Keith became addicted to cocaine and alcohol during his early years in Nashville and checked himself into rehab well before meeting Nicole in 1998. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-72229774-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;(FILE PHOTO)  Urban Enters Rehabilitation Treatment&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;fp-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#696969&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||2px|15px|true|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#d2ab57&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Keith went to rehab in 2006, just months after marrying Nicole<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-h3-futura&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Condensed|700|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h3 style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Nicole&#8217;s intervention<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>\u00a0Just months after marrying the love of his life in 2006, Keith was drowning in addiction with no visible way out; that is until Nicole staged an intervention that forced him to understand how his alcoholism was hurting his loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the point right there where she really should&#8217;ve just walked,&#8221; Keith told Oprah of Nicole&#8217;s strength and conviction that day. &#8220;I&#8217;m just so glad she didn&#8217;t, and she made a decision to turn around and initiate ultimately this intervention and it was done in such a way that the love in that room at that moment was just right. I was like, &#8216;Put the cuffs on, let&#8217;s go.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He underwent treatment at the Betty Ford Center and released a statement in October of that year apologizing for the actions that led to that moment. &#8220;I deeply regret the hurt this has caused Nicole and the ones who love and support me,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;One can never let one&#8217;s guard down on recovery, and I&#8217;m afraid that I have.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221;fp-parallax&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-78109395-scaled.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; height=&#8221;80vh&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||-8px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#696969&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||2px|15px|true|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#d2ab57&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>The father of two shared that Nicole had &#8220;saved&#8221; him by staging an intervention<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>The country singer and his wife have been open and honest about how this dark time affected their marriage, with Nicole revealing to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vanityfair.com\/article\/2007\/10\/the-lady-is-yar\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vanity Fai<\/span>r<\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> that they were in a painful place but managed to pull through together. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I hope that gives some people some hope who may be in the same place,&#8221; she told the publication. &#8220;And that&#8217;s enough said. Anything else is overindulgent and unnecessary right now. And I think it jinxes it, in a way, and that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t go on about my enormous feelings for this man.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The father of two maintained to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/keith-urbans-hard-road-56138\/5\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>that Nicole saved his life and that she gave him something to work for; he was &#8220;spiritually awoken with her&#8221; and finally &#8220;could shake off the shackles of addiction&#8221;. <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-93319027-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;2009 American Music Awards &#8211; Arrivals&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;fp-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#696969&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||2px|15px|true|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#d2ab57&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Keith has been sober since leaving rehab in 2006<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-h3-futura&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Condensed|700|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h3 style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Overcoming addiction<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Since getting sober, Keith has come to terms with how his past affected him and how important it is for his family that he stays well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">&#8220;It took me a long time to get sober,&#8221; he said <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/keith-urban-rolling-stone-cover-27711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">Rolling Stone Australia<\/span><\/a><\/em> in 2021. &#8220;Took me a long time to recognize my alcoholism. A long time because I didn&#8217;t drink like my dad, so I compared everything to him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">&#8220;So it just took a long time for me. But I was able to finally make the right choice in my life, that I wish my dad would have made.<\/span>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Thankfully, Keith could lean on Nicole, as well as his music, to see him through. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad it didn&#8217;t change anything about my music,<\/span>&#8221; he told <em>The Times<\/em>. &#8220;I wrote plenty of hit songs while drunk. I wrote plenty sober. I feel lucky it hasn&#8217;t defined my creativity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">He blended the two loves of his life when he wrote a song in tribute to Nicole in 2009, thanking her for guiding him through his darkest times. The song, aptly named &#8220;Thank You&#8221;, explores the depths of Keith&#8217;s addiction with lyrics like &#8220;There were nights where I was sure \/ I wouldn&#8217;t see the morning sun<\/span>&#8221; until it pivots to gratitude for Nicole. &#8220;I thank you for my life \/ And I thank god for grace and mercy \/ And that you became my wife,&#8221; the song continues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Ultimately, Keith came to terms with his &#8220;allergy<\/span>&#8221; to alcohol, as he calls it, joking to <em>The Times <\/em>that when he drinks, he tends to &#8220;break out in cuffs&#8221;. With the arrival of his two children with Nicole and his sobriety mission, the 56-year-old was finally on a brighter path.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2150525859-1-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;49th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Tribute Celebrating Nicole Kidman &#8211; Arrivals&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;fp-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#696969&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||2px|15px|true|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#d2ab57&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>The singer shares daughters Sunday and Faith with Nicole<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;fp-h3-futura&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Condensed|700|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h3 style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Becoming a devoted dad and husband<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">Keith turned his life around to become the best husband and father possible. Sunday, born in July 2008, and Faith, born in December 2010, are the apples of his eye, and he has tried to set a good example for them their whole lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\">&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to set a good example for the kids, but I still don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m getting it right,<\/span>&#8221; he told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/18603034\/keith-urban-partying-nicole-kidman-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #4a6ee0\">The Sun<\/span><\/a><\/em> in 2022. &#8220;I have made so many mistakes, but you have to work out what works for you. 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