{"id":22116,"date":"2026-06-20T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/why-the-backstreet-boys-credit-their-kids-with-their-longevity-as-a-group\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:05:01","slug":"why-the-backstreet-boys-credit-their-kids-with-their-longevity-as-a-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/why-the-backstreet-boys-credit-their-kids-with-their-longevity-as-a-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Backstreet Boys Credit Their Kids With Their Longevity As a Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20260615\/1d21dc44-0ca5-4858-ba9a-971b2e632ab1_1781547285.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&amp;output-quality=90&amp;crop=1200:1200;center,top\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Everybody in the&nbsp;<strong>Backstreet Boys<\/strong> knows that the importance of family is larger than life.<\/p>\n<p>Though they&rsquo;ve been hitting the stage for three decades now, bandmates <strong>Nick Carter<\/strong>, <strong>AJ McLean<\/strong>, <strong>Brian Littrell<\/strong>, <strong>Howie Dorough<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Kevin Richardson<\/strong>&mdash;stressed that becoming fathers has reframed how they look at their careers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something that we all share,&rdquo; AJ&mdash;who shares daughters <strong>Elliott<\/strong>, 13, and <strong>Lyric<\/strong>, 9, with estranged wife <strong>Rochelle McLean<\/strong>&mdash;exclusively told E! News at The One Party by Uber in New York City June 12. &ldquo;We all now know about balance. Obviously, family comes first. We try to balance our work and our personal lives. We all spend quality time together when we&rsquo;re on the road with our families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dad of two Kevin concurred with his sentiments, saying, &ldquo;Having kids has changed all of our lives for the better.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Nick&mdash;who shares kids <strong>Odin<\/strong>, 10, <strong>Saoirse<\/strong>, 6, and <strong>Pearl<\/strong>, 5, with wife <strong>Lauren Kitt Carter<\/strong>&mdash;put it simply, &ldquo;We do everything for our children, now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Howie&mdash;who shares sons <strong>James<\/strong>, 17, and <strong>Holden<\/strong>, 13, with wife <strong>Leigh Dorough<\/strong>&mdash;pointed out that becoming fathers has made them all more &ldquo;selfless&rdquo; as they navigate life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>Why the Backstreet Boys Credit Their Kids With Their Longevity As a Group<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody in the&nbsp;Backstreet Boys knows that the importance of family is larger than life. Though they&rsquo;ve been hitting the stage for three decades now, bandmates Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough&nbsp;and Kevin Richardson&mdash;stressed that becoming fathers has reframed how they look at their careers. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s something that we all share,&rdquo; AJ&mdash;who shares daughters&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/why-the-backstreet-boys-credit-their-kids-with-their-longevity-as-a-group\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Why the Backstreet Boys Credit Their Kids With Their Longevity As a Group&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}