Sheryl Crow's heartache led to adoptionSheryl Crow's split from Lance Armstrong inspired her to adopt.
The 48-year-singer and cyclist Lance broke up in 2006 after three years together and Sheryl adopted son Wyatt in 2007.
Sheryl revealed that the separation, along with her treatment for breast cancer led herto re-evaluate her life.
She told Redbook magazine: "I'd just been through a pretty painful break-up where there were kids involved, and I'd also been through breast cancer treatment.
"After that, I felt an acute sense of urgency about how I wanted my life to feel. Since I wasn't married, my idea of what the picture was supposed to look like no longer served any great purpose."
The Grammy Award-winning artist announced she had adopted a second son, Levi, in June 2010, and she admits she had wanted Wyatt, now three, to have a sibling for some time.
She revealed "It's been in the works for a while. I was hoping to adopt a child when Wyatt was two; a lot of the adoptions fell through.
"But things always work out perfectly. They just do. Generally, when you let go of your vision of how something is supposed to be, the universe hands you exactly what you need."