Editing Kid Rock (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock.jpg|thumb|180px|Kid Rock and former spouse [[Pamela Anderson]] in 2003]]
In eighth grade, Ritchie began an [[on-and-off relationship]] with classmate Kelley South Russell that lasted for the next decade.<ref name=Biography/><ref name=Heartbreak>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kid-rocks-cure-for-heartbreak-20071018|title=Kid Rock's Cure for Heartbreak|website=Rollingstone.com|date=October 18, 2007|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121144410/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kid-rocks-cure-for-heartbreak-20071018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=freepearly/> In summer 1993, Russell gave birth to their son, Robert James Ritchie Jr.<ref name=Biography/><ref name=freepearly/> They raised a total of three children together, two of whom Ritchie believed to be his. They split up in late 1993 when Ritchie discovered that only one of the two was his.<ref name=freepearly/> He subsequently raised his son as a single father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/04/25/kid-rock-son-junior/ |title=Kid Rock Takes Role of Fatherhood Seriously |publisher=The Boot |date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=2012-02-22 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217020520/http://www.theboot.com/2011/04/25/kid-rock-son-junior |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2000, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reported that Ritchie was dating model [[Jaime King]].<ref name=RollingStoneLowTimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-low-times-and-high-life-of-kid-rock-20000622|title=The Low Times and High Life of Kid Rock|website=Rollingstone.com|date=June 22, 2000|access-date=February 1, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128074646/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-low-times-and-high-life-of-kid-rock-20000622|url-status=live}}</ref> He began dating actress [[Pamela Anderson]] in 2001 and they became engaged in April 2002, but ended their relationship in 2003.<ref name=Biography/> They later reconciled and were married in July 2006.<ref name="marriage">{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1219944,00.html |title=Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock Tie the Knot |last1=Rubin |first1=Courtney |last2=Kennedy |first2=Dana |last3=Wilson |first3=Nancy |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 31, 2006 |access-date=July 22, 2008 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725083127/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1219944,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Three months later, on November 10, it was announced that Anderson, who had been pregnant with Ritchie's child, had miscarried.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pamela Anderson Suffers a Miscarriage|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1557773,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|date=November 10, 2006|archive-date=January 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109053625/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1557773,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 27, she filed for divorce from Ritchie in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2832.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712233524/http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2832.shtml|archive-date=July 12, 2007|title=Access Hollywood|access-date=February 26, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2006/11/061128_pamkidrock/ |title=Spin.com |access-date=2007-02-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319104503/http://www1.spin.com/features/news/2006/11/061128_pamkidrock/ |archive-date=2007-03-19 }}</ref> Ritchie later claimed that the divorce was due to Anderson openly criticizing his mother and sister in front of his son.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/kid-rock-i-divorced-anderson-for-my-son_1045864 |title=Kid Rock &#124; Kid Rock: 'I Divorced Anderson For My Son' |magazine=Contactmusic |access-date=2012-02-22 |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201180709/https://www.contactmusic.com/kid-rock/news/kid-rock-i-divorced-anderson-for-my-son_1045864 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Ritchie became a grandfather when his son's girlfriend gave birth to a daughter.<ref name=Biography/> In November 2017, he became engaged to longtime girlfriend Audrey Berry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/04/11/kid-rock-gets-engaged-longtime-girlfriend/100348956/|title=Kid Rock gets engaged to longtime girlfriend Audrey Berry|website=Freep.com|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173057/http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/04/11/kid-rock-gets-engaged-longtime-girlfriend/100348956/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple met not long after he and Anderson finalized their divorce in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who Is Kid Rock's Fiancée? All About Audrey Berry |url=https://people.com/who-is-audrey-berry-kid-rock-8662098 |website=Peoplemag |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> By 2025, the couple were no longer together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kid-rock-reportedly-splits-fianc-164602561.html|title=Kid Rock reportedly splits from fiancée after being seen with Lauren Boebert|last=Miller|first=Brittany|work=The Independent|date=February 22, 2025|access-date=February 25, 2025|language=en}}</ref>

Ritchie is an ordained minister and has a [[firearm]] collection.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|first=Ed|last=Cumming|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/03/kid-rock-this-much-i-know|title=Kid Rock: This Much I Know|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 January 2015|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308015457/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/03/kid-rock-this-much-i-know|url-status=live}}</ref> He has called [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] a part-time home since 2005, and also splits time between his native [[Michigan]] and [[Alabama]].<ref name="Tennessean">{{cite news|first=Getahn|last=Ward|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2015/04/17/kid-rock-buys-acres-whites-creek/25959889/|title=Kid Rock buys 102 acres in Whites Creek|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|date=18 April 2015|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>