Christina Aguilera is loved for her strong vocals and award-winning songs. However, since becoming a mother of two, she took ten years off touring to focus on raising her children, Max and Summer. Christina Aguilera has kept her son out of the limelight, but the mother and son have made a few special appearances.
Christina Aguilera is a singer with a distinguished voice that has been celebrated for many years. In addition to her spectacular voice, she is an actress, television personality, and a proud mother to her children.
The singer has topped the music charts for most of her career, but since becoming a mother, Christina Agulera has slowed down to focus on her children. In becoming a parent, the singer has kept her children out of the limelight she has lived in all her life.
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Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman photographed in 2007 | Source: Getty Images
The "Beautiful" singer welcomed her son, Max Liron Bratman, in 2008 with her ex-husband, Jordan Bratman. The former couple was excited to start a family together, but the cracks in their marriage began to show when Christina returned from filming the musical "Burlesque."
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Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman at the Grammy Awards in 2006 | Source: Getty Images
The 42-year-old revealed that after welcoming their son, Jordan was very supportive and that she had depended on him for most of her life. The two met when she was 21 and married when she was 24. "At the time, it felt absolutely right. Jordan and I were best friends first, and then it grew to be more," she said.
However, since they met so early in their lives, the time the "Hurt" singer spent apart from her then-husband gave her the independence she never experienced. So when she returned home from filming, things did not feel right anymore.
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Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman with their son Max in California in 2009 | Source: Getty Images
The public had already started speculating that they did not look happy, so when Christina opened up about the divorce, she confirmed what had already been evident to her fans. She and Jordan tried to make their union work for their son, but Christina, who watched the tension between her divorced parents unravel, knew it would not be healthy for Max.
Therefore, the former couple quickly realized they wanted different things and had evolved into different versions of themselves. "I knew Max would benefit from us separating. He'd be happier to see both his parents happy," she explained.
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Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman at the Grammy Awards in 2007 | Source: Getty Images
At the time of the divorce, the singer admitted that things between her and Jordan were awkward since there was still a lot of pain. But they did their best to remain civil for their son and hoped their co-parenting relationship would improve with time.
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Christina Aguilera at the Grammy Awards in 2006 | Source: Getty Images
The singer has raised her son, Max, who is now 15 years old, out of the spotlight and has only been seen a few times publicly. She also has a daughter, Summer, whom she welcomed in 2014.
Christina Aguilera's Appearances with Her Son, Max
When Max was growing up, Christina kept him out of the limelight but made a few appearances with him and his sister, Summer. The mother of two was photographed having a fun family day with Max, Summer, and Matthew Rutler.
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Christina Aguilera, Matthew Rutler, Max Liron Bratman and Summer Rain Rutler in California in 2017 | Source: Getty Images
The group attended "The Emoji Movie" premiere in 2017, and the singer matched her children with black and white outfits. She wore tight black pants with red hearts on the side, a striped t-shirt, and black heels. Max had the same color scheme but accessorized his black and white outfit with a black vest and sneakers designed with emojis.
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Christina Aguilera, Matthew Rutler, Max Liron Bratman and Summer Rain Rutler in California in 2019 | Source: Getty Images
The singer also attended "The Addams Family movie premiere with her son and daughter and matched the gothic vibe of the film with a long black dress and platinum blonde hair with short blunt bangs.
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Christina Aguilera and Max Liron Bratman in Japan in 2013 | Source: Getty Images
The other few times Christina has been spotted with her son was when leaving the airport or on rare occasions when she was caught on camera while running errands in New York. However, now that her son is a teenager, the singer has shared some of the adventures they have been on together.
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Christina Aguilera and Max Liron Bratman in New York in 2011 | Source: Getty Images
In one Instagram post, Christina shared a photo of her and Max posing in front of an RV. The mother and son took a trip to spend time in nature. The singer posed in a white t-shirt, gladiator glasses, and a white cowboy hat, and Max had on a striped t-shirt and matched his mother with a grey cowboy hat.
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DJ Lance Rock"with Christina Aguilera and her son Max Bratman in California in 2009 | Source: Getty Images
She reportedly wrote in the caption of the now-deleted Instagram post that they were escaping into nature. It was unclear if Summer had joined the mother and son on their trip, but Christina has a close bond with her daughter and has posted some of their Disneyland trips.
Balancing Singing and Motherhood
Christina has been slowly returning to touring after she took ten years off because of her children. She confessed that she feared leaving her children and did not know how she would create a structure for them while on the road and dealing with different time zones.
However, as her children get older, she gets to share some of her favorite childhood activities with them, like playing games on the Nintendo. Christina had the opportunity to work with the company and gushed over how fun it has been to share her love for games with her children.
The singer revealed that she was raised on Nintendo, so to share the experience with her children has been amazing. "What I love about this game is that you can all play together, so it was me, my daughter, and my son, and he's 13; she just turned seven," she gushed over her game.
But aside from fulfilling childhood dreams with her Nintendo game, the singer is also getting back into the studio. She plans on tapping deeper into herself for her next album by creating a Spanish record. "I'm definitely diving into my past, singing and writing from a perspective of making peace with certain things from my childhood," she said about the album.
Aside from being busy again, Christina shared glimpses of her work-life balance on Instagram, and fans see her life as a performer and full-time mother to her two children.
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