is an champion, Grammy winner, talk show host, and perhaps most importantly, a mother.
The singer shares daughter River Rose, 8, and son Remington "Remy" Alexander, 6, with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. The former couple met at in February 2012 and eloped the following year.
After 7 years of marriage, however, Clarkson from Blackstone, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was later and the kids now live primarily with their mother. "Kelly is more than fine. She is doing great and facing forward," in August 2021. "She's enjoying the fact that she has the kids for the vast majority of the time and is enjoying time spent with them. "
"Kelly always worked so hard and ," another source told PEOPLE after the divorce. "She is very relieved that the divorce is settled. She just wants to be with her children."
In 2021, Clarkson opened up about , saying, "It's tough. ... I know with me and Brandon, it's just a difficult thing because we're in different places, and it's like, we both agree on the main things, but it's a hard thing when you're not together all the time, for me personally."
Although she did stress that the former couple always "focus on" their kids, adding, "As long as you make sure it's about the children and their best interests, then we're both on board. "
In March 2023, Clarkson appeared on the podcast, where she shared how her kids are coping with the divorce.
"I literally ask my kids every night when we're snuggling up in the bed, 'Are you happy? And if you're not, what could make you happier?' " she said. "A lot of times they'll be like, 'You know, I'm just really sad. .' "
Here's everything to know about 's two children, River Rose and Remington Alexander.
Clarkson and Blackstock their first child together four weeks after they wed. They welcomed daughter on June 12, 2014, in Nashville.
"Our baby girl River Rose Blackstock arrived on June 12th!" at the time. "Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes! Brandon and I are on cloud 9!!"
River has been in the spotlight since she was very young. When she was just 2 years old, she rode along with her mother in the 2016 , in which Clarkson served as the grand marshall. She even served as the inspiration for Clarkson's 2016 children's book, .
"It's kind of a cool thing to be on a plane with my daughter, we were going on trips to the U.K. and Asia and Australia, all these amazing places that she was too little to remember," said the star. "Basically I started writing down these little fun stories — of like when we went to Australia and she got to hang out with some kangaroos. " The stories eventually turned into a book of each place they visited.
Clarkson has also been open about her daughter's . "She will run a company one day because there's no way she's gonna work for anyone," Clarkson told PEOPLE in 2018. "She does not heed advice very well. She's just very ballsy, which is awesome."
"I love that [River] is very bold, and she's progressive for 3," the singer added. "She watches and loves it, and … it doesn't affect her and she's just very grown up and very boss."
Clarkson talked about during a 2017 appearance on as well, telling host , "[River's] so cute, but she can work it y'all," she said. "It's scary foreshadowing."
She continued, "I don't want my daughter to be a pushover when she's older. So that's an awesome thing, it's an awesome aspect of her character."
During quarantine, River stepped into her mom's shoes as a TV personality to to viewers of . "Hi everybody! I know there's a 'snickness' going around and we can't be together," River said in a video. "But it's okay, we can still call and we can still … when you're sleeping, you can still dream about each other and I hope you're doing fine. And I love you! Bye!"
In December 2022, Clarkson . won daytime talk show of 2022 and the TV host gave her daughter a shout-out from the stage.
"I'm having a date night with my daughter, River Rose," she said. "Thank you all so much, I'm going to go have ice cream with my baby girl!''
