Sheryl Crow

The 59-year-old singer Sheryl Crow recently opened up about her choice to adopt sons: Wyatt, in 2007, and Levi, in 2010. When she first thought of herself as a single mom, she struggled with breaking the norms she was raised with. For one, she was raised in a conventional household with her two parents still married. Still, she felt a degree of motherly instinct and desire to have children.

The family of three now lives in Nashville, where Crow desires to raise them with a normal childhood. She added that she is proud of them and wants them to live the life that they want. Raising her kids doesn’t mean that Crow doesn’t have time for music. She recently released what she describes as her final studio album, Threads. She also continues to write music that inspires other musicians that follow after her, including Taylor Swift.