While in COVID lockdown, Rick Springfield revealed that he has “lots of sex” with his wife Barbara of 36 years. “We really like each other,” he tells PEOPLE. “I certainly found that out in the lockdown. We love hanging out and still have a lot of the same interests. It’s been actually probably the deepest thing for me personally, in this whole lockdown. I was lucky enough to get a good one.”
The 71-year-old rocker says he’s been having a lot of fun, in general, with his wife. “We played Monopoly the other day with the guy that works at my studio and that was a trip. I haven’t done that in 40 years, and it was hilarious. We had a blast. I never had time for stuff like that before.”
Rick Springfield has “lots of sex” with wife Barabra during COVID lockdown, at 71 and 56 respectively
Speaking of the two, he also reveals his secrets to a long-lasting marriage, which he says is “always being open to talk or talk with someone.” He adds, “When you’ve been together that long, there are giant ups and downs. The most important thing is you both want it. If you both want it, you’ve got to work for it and it sometimes takes a third person to help you through issues. We were lucky enough to have a couple of great people that helped us through some dark moments.”
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“I’ve known couples that the wife wanted to go to therapy and the husband didn’t or vice versa. That’s pretty much a ticket to destruction if one’s willing to work on a relationship and the other one isn’t. We’ve both always been on that same track.”
How they met
Springfield first met his wife in the ’70s while working on an album in Los Angeles at Sound City recording studios. Barbara actually worked there. “The English manager brought Barbara in and introduced her to everybody,” he remembers. “She was only 15 at the time and looked like a mini Brigitte Bardot. I said, ‘Too young.’ I just thought she was cute, and that was it.”
A few years down the line, fate brought them back together when Springfield began recording for another album. “I eventually split up with my girlfriend and by the time I did, she was 18,” he recalls. “I’d always thought about her because she worked in the office at Sound City. I called her up on one brave moment and asked her out.”