Editing Waylon Jennings (section)

== Personal life ==
Jennings was married four times and had six children.{{sfn|Brownstone, David|Franck, Irene|1997|p=213}} He married Maxine Caroll Lawrence in 1956 at age 18,{{sfn|Jennings, Terry|2016|p=21}} with whom he had four children. Jennings married Lynne Jones on December 10, 1962, and they adopted a daughter,{{Sfn|Jennings, Terry|2016|p=24}} but divorced in 1967. He married Barbara Elizabeth Rood the same year. He composed the song "[[This Time (Waylon Jennings song)|This Time]]" about the trials and tribulations of his marriages and divorces, it went on to become his first number 1 chart-topping song upon release in 1974.

Jennings married country singer [[Jessi Colter]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], on October 26, 1969. Colter had a daughter, Jennifer, from her previous marriage to [[Duane Eddy]]. The couple had a son in 1979, Waylon Albright, known as [[Shooter Jennings]].{{sfn|Jennings, Terry|2016|pp=49–51}} In the early 1980s, Colter and Jennings nearly divorced due to his abuse of drugs and alcohol.{{sfn|Jennings, Terry|2016|p=64}} In 1990, after he stopped touring, Jennings earned a [[GED]] to set an example to Shooter about the importance of education.{{sfn|Birk|2005|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=db7uwE2_lJ8C&dq=Cowboys%2C%20Sisters%2C%20Rascals%20and%20Dirt%20waylon%20jennings&pg=PA72 72]}}{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=untabCgOVkgC&dq=waylon%20jennings%20radio%20high%20school&pg=PA264 264]}} He studied for his GED by watching tapes of GED on TV programs from the [[Kentucky Educational Television]] network on his tour bus in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114451602/waylon-jennings-to-receive-ged-from/|date=January 27, 1990|page=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114451626/jennings/ C2]|first=Joseph S.|last=Stroud|title=Waylon Jennings to receive GED from Martha Wilkinson|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|location=Lexington, Kentucky|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 11, 2022|archive-date=December 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211164522/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114451602/waylon-jennings-to-receive-ged-from/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->

=== Addiction and recovery ===
Jennings started to consume [[amphetamines]] while he lived with [[Johnny Cash]] during the mid-1960s. Jennings later stated, "Pills were the artificial energy on which Nashville ran around the clock."<ref name="Rolling Stone" />

In 1977, Jennings was arrested by federal agents for conspiracy and possession of [[cocaine]] with intent to distribute. A private courier warned the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] about the package sent to Jennings by a New York colleague that contained 27 grams of cocaine. The DEA and the police searched Jennings's recording studio but found no evidence because, while they were waiting for a [[search warrant]], Jennings disposed of the drug. The charges were later dropped and Jennings was released.{{sfn|Hart|2007|p=184}} The episode was recounted in Jennings's song "[[Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand]]".{{sfn|Jennings|Kaye|1996|pp=322–325}}

During the early 1980s, his cocaine addiction intensified. Jennings claimed to have spent $1,500 ({{Inflation|US|1,500|1981|fmt=eq|r=-2|cursign=$}}) a day on his habit, draining his personal finances and leaving him bankrupt with debt up to $2.5&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Weatherby|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w-1-NqaOaKsC&dq=Waylon%20Jennings%20cocaine&pg=PA46 46]|1988}}{{sfn|Ching|2001|p=[https://archive.org/details/wrongswhatidobes00chin/page/124 <!-- quote="$2.5 million" waylon. --> 124]}} Though he insisted on repaying the debt and did additional tours to do so, his work became less focused and his tours deteriorated.{{sfn|Jennings|Kaye|1996|pp=322–325}} Jennings leased a home in the Phoenix area and spent a month detoxing himself, intending to start using cocaine again in a more controlled fashion afterward. In 1984, he quit cocaine, claiming that his son Shooter was his main inspiration to finally do so.{{sfn|Weatherby|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w-1-NqaOaKsC&dq=Waylon%20Jennings%20cocaine&pg=PA46 46]|1988}}