Federline had a relationship with
Shar Jackson. Their daughter, Kori Madison, was born
July 31 2002.
Federline and Britney Spears began their relationship while Jackson was pregnant with Federline's second child. This prompted Jackson to comment that, "it wasn't like just breaking up a relationship. It was like breaking up a family." Federline's and Jackson's son, Kaleb Michael, was born
July 20, 2004.
When Federline's relationship with Spears became widely known, the tabloid media gave him the moniker "K-Fed". Although loath to use the nickname publicly, Federline has used it in his music. He displayed his disdain for the media creation of the K-Fed name during an episode of
WWE RAW where he said, "Come January 1st K-Fed is dead, Kevin Federline will be whooping Cena's ass".
Federline is noted for his marriage to American
dance-pop superstar Britney Spears. They married on
September 18, 2004. They have two sons, Sean Preston (born
September 14, 2005) and Jayden James (born
September 12, 2006).
On
November 7, 2006, Spears filed for a divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Federline was in
Toronto, Canada at the time promoting his new album for the
Canadian music station
MuchMusic. Federline immediately counter-filed court papers seeking spousal support and sole custody of the couple’s two children.
Federline and Spears's 60-page
prenuptial agreement, prepared by
Hollywood attorney Laura Wasser, apparently entitles Federline to US$300,000 per year for half the number of years the couple was married. Under that formula, Federline will be entitled to US$300,000 from Spears, since they were married two years. Federline will also receive 50% of the proceeds from the sale of their
Malibu home, and will be allowed to keep any gift received from Spears under US$10,000 in value.
On
December 4, 2006, MSNBC reported that Federline set up a home for himself and his family in the
Hollywood Hills. Star magazine reports it is a 6,300 square-foot, five-bedroom home.
Federline maintains a friendly relationship with Jackson. On
January 12, 2007, Jackson reported, "He's a great dad and if you said his name right now, Kori would go crazy. That's the love of her life." Asked about their daughter's special bond with her father, Jackson answered, "He was there for her every minute of her life until, you know, we weren't together anymore. He did everything for her so I guess that's why." As for Jackson's relationship with Federline, she says, "It's not really hard [to be good parents] because we were friends even before we were romantic and we were friends through being romantic and there was no reason to change that."
Federline maintained an equally positive relationship with Spears until their divorce was finalized on
July 30, 2007, meeting with her several times over the summer of 2007. After their divorce became final, Federline returned to court to seek primary custody of the couple's two children citing Spears' reported erratic behavior in public. On
October 1, 2007 a court ruling granted him physical custody of his children with legal custody to be decided. He is currently living in a rented mansion in a gated community in Tarzana, CA. He maintains a relationship with Britney's parents for the benefit of he boys and they have been photographed in and out of his home and babysitting the boys while Kevin was out of town.
