Ed Sheeran has revealed how his nine year relationship with wife Cherry Seaborn has been affected by having children.
The Perfect singer has long been inspired by his wife, penning some of his most romantic tunes about their relationship.
But Ed has admitted that his seven year marriage has ‘completely changed’ since the arrival of their daughters Lyra, five, and three-year-old Jupiter.
‘Anyone with two young kids knows that it completely changes your relationship. You go from being a couple to a unit,’ Ed has explained. ‘It can be quite stressful and you can have some big arguments.’
Referring to his past musical tributes to his wife, Ed mused that ‘I think Cherry knows that she had songs like Heaven [on the new album] and Perfect, but that isn’t reality 100 per cent of the time. It is good to be honest.’
‘She knows that I write songs like Don’t Look Down or Wargame [both on the new album] and it’s a moment in time and that’s how I felt, but that’s not reality,’ he added to The Sun.
Ed Sheeran has revealed how his nine year relationship with wife Cherry Seaborn has been affected by having children (seen in 2022)
‘I think some people listen to records today and assume that a song is about their world 100 per cent of the time. But it is very much heightened emotions. You never write a song on a ‘meh’ day.’
Earlier this week Ed gave a very rare insight into life with Cherry as he opened up about ‘real conflict’ in their marriage at a surprise fan event in London on Tuesday.
Speaking at the Spotify Q&A he said it was important to be honest about the ups and downs that come with any relationship.
He explained: ‘Cherry knows I write about everything – not just the good stuff. Songs like ‘Perfect’ exist, but so do the ones about real conflict.
‘That’s part of any relationship, and I think it’s important to be honest about it.’
He also reflected on how he is now more family and friends focused rather than all about work, an outlook reflected in his recent revelation that Cherry and his girls will shortly move to the US with him when the singer is on tour.
Ed said: ‘In my early career, it was 100 per cent work, 0 per cent personal life. Now it’s 70 per cent family, 30 per cent music. Balance isn’t just healthy – it’s success.
‘When I look back at these years with my family and friends, I want to say: I lived those days and I enjoyed every minute.’
Ed and Cherry are parents to daughters Lyra, five, and three-year-old Jupiter. ‘Anyone with two young kids knows that it completely changes your relationship,’ the singer has explained (pictured in 2024)
Ed and Cherry first met at the age of 11 while attending Thomas Mills High School in rural Suffolk.
While the pair parted ways after high school they reconnected in New York City in 2015 and started dating shortly after.
Two years after they started dating, Ed proposed to Cherry in 2017.
He broke the happy news to his then 19 million followers on Instagram with a sweet, low-key photo of them embracing.
He wrote: ‘Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats (Dorito and Calippo) are chuffed as well.’
The following year the couple tied the knot in a low-key ceremony a few days before Christmas before welcoming their two daughters.
The couple have had some challenging times in recent years. In March 2023, Ed revealed Cherry was diagnosed with a tumour during her pregnancy with their second child.
He also reflected on how he is now more family focused rather than all about work, an outlook reflected in his recent revelation that Cherry and his girls will shortly move to the US with him
He admitted that the couple were plagued with ‘fear, depression and anxiety’ because Cherry couldn’t receive any treatment until after she’d given birth.
In Ed’s docu-series, Cherry said: ‘Long story short, I got diagnosed with cancer at the start of the year, which was a massive s**tter, but it made me massively reflect on our mortality.’
On battling cancer, she added: ‘I was saying to Eds, I’d never have agreed to do anything like this before — never, ever, ever — but it made me think this whole year, if I died, what’s people’s perception of me?
‘What am I going to leave behind? It genuinely wasn’t until this year when I was just like, “I might die”.’
