Keith Urban facts: Country singer's age, career, divorce and more revealed

1 October 2025, 09:45

Keith Urban, Australia's biggest country music export, has been a judge on American Idol and has platinum-selling albums across the world.

1. How old is Keith Urban and how did he become a famous singer?

   Keith Urban is 57 years old and was born in Whangarei, New Zealand on October 26, 1967.

   After taking guitar lessons as a child, Keith was a contestant on Australian TV talent show New Faces and made inroads on the Australian country music scene, playing on various local TV shows before being signed by EMI and releasing his self-titled first album in 1990.

   

   After moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, Keith worked with various country artists for the next decade including Toby Keith and Paul Jefferson before winning the Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards.

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   Keith has garnered worldwide success, has been a judge on American Idol and is only the second singer in country music history to have nine albums go platinum and multi-platinum.

   His most famous hits include 'You'll Think of Me', 'Raining on Sunday' and 'Blue Ain't Your Color'.

   He has Australian, New Zealand and US citizenship.

2. Who is Keith Urban's wife, and are they getting divorced?

   Keith Urban has famously been married to Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman since 2006.

   The couple met at G'Day LA, a Hollywood event honoring Australians and got married the year after in 2006.

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   Keith and Nicole were revealed to have split in September 2025, after 19 years together.

   Nicole has filed for divorce from the 'Somebody Like You' singer, citing irreconcilable differences.

   

3. Does Keith Urban have children?

   

   Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have two daughters together.

   Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, 17, was born in 2008 and Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, 14, was born in 2010.

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   Keith revealed to Entertainment Tonight in 2020 that he was playing "lots of games" with his children while the family self-isolated at home and there's also been "a lot of music around the piano, dancing, and getting out in our backyard."

4. How tall is Keith Urban?

   

   Keith Urban - You'll Think Of Me

   Keith Urban is 5'10" (178 cm) and his wife Nicole Kidman is 5'11" (180 cm).

5. What is Keith Urban's net worth?

   

   Keith Urban is worth a reported $75 million.

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   His fortune comes from 13 studio albums, four compilation albums and 57 singles plus stints as judges on The Voice and American Idol.

   His wife Nicole Kidman is worth $259 million and the couple own a large property portfolio.