Jon Bon Jovi has been married to his wife Dorothea Hurley since 1989 after they fell in love in high school. While appearing on "The Kelly Clarkson Show," Bon Jovi shared a sweet love note from his wife that she wrote him in high school. The note read, "John, write a sequel to ‘Bobby’s Girl’ but name it ‘She’s Johnny’s now,’" signed, "Love, Dot." Bon Jovi laughed looking at the note, saying he "never called her Dot again." The New Jersey singer explained the reference was to "a song I had written called ‘Bobby’s Girl,’ one of the first original songs I had written, and she was dating my buddy, Bobby, and he went off to join the service, as did my other two best friends, and they all joined the Navy." He added, "It was my senior year of high school, and I just fell in love with the girl sitting next to me in history class." The pair eloped in 1989 in Las Vegas at the height of the band's success. They share four children together: Stephanie, Jesse, Jake and Romeo.

Bon Jovi and Dorothea celebrated their 35th anniversary in April, where Bon Jovi spoke with Fox about how their marriage has stayed strong through the years. "I don't think that we need rules. I think it's just the mutual admiration society," he explained. "I think it's as simple as that. You wake up in the morning excited to be with each other. And you admire each other. And you respect each other. It's a pleasure to do. It's a pleasure to be." While speaking with The Independent, the rock star opened up about temptation throughout his career. "These are all the wonderful clichés of rock stardom," he told the outlet. "It’s about never lying about having been a saint, but not being a fool enough to [mess] up the home life, either." While speaking with Michael Strahan in a previous interview, Bon Jovi praised his wife. "There is no doubt in my mind that this world revolves because of her," he said. "Because of what she did to keep the kids right, what she does to keep me right, what we do together to keep it right. No doubt about it. She’s certainly not afraid to call me out on something," he added, "but she’s also there when I fall. And I’m there for her when she falls. No matter where I went in my career, the ups or the downs, we went there together."