Kevin Federline, 41, and Britney Spears, 38, may no longer be romantically involved but the former spouses have been maintaining a civil co-parenting relationship for their two sons and his mom, Julie, has a lot to do with the reason it’s going so well. The former couple’s boys Sean Preston, 14, and Jayden James, 13, are the main priorities of their parents’ lives but since Britney has been under a court-ordered conservatorship and working on her health a lot, Kevin and his mom have been spending a lot of time with them.
“Britney’s boys are very busy. They’re teenagers who have lots of activities and living their lives. They know what’s going on with their mom constantly and are aware of her life and health,” a source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife. “They have been seeing her less and less as she works on herself and they’re just so busy with their own day to day. They’re with their father a lot. Kevin’s mother is the backbone of the family and makes the life work between the families. She’s amazing. She bakes, cooks for everyone, and is really there for everyone and Britney’s father [Jamie Spears] is, too. Those two are the ones that hold those families together. Kevin has 6 children and it’s not easy for him all of the time.”
In addition to Sean and Jayden, Kevin is the father of daughters Kori, 17, Jordan, 8, and Peyton, 5, and son Kaleb, 15. Although his marriage to Britney, which lasted from 2004-2007, gained a lot of public attention, the rapper has maintained a pretty low key life since their split and hasn’t been in the public eye nearly as much as he used to. He proved he still has his ex-wife’s back when he commended Britney for checking into a 30-day stay at a mental health facility in Apr. 2019 and expressed that he thinks she was dealing with her struggles in a “responsible way.”