Ciara has revealed how she keeps the spark alive in her marriage of nine years to Russell Wilson.

During an appearance on Over It Radio with Summer Walker, Ciara, 39, offered the advice she follows that helps keep the relationship ‘fresh.’

Ciara and her husband, 36, have been married since 2016 and they share daughters Sienna, seven, Amora Princess Wilson, nearly one, and four-year-old son Win. Russell is also stepfather to Ciara’s 10-year-old son Future Zahir Wilburn, whom she shares with ex-fiance Future.

Ciara credited communication and date nights as key to their successful relationship.

She also said they’ve learned to never go to bed angry.

‘I would say communication rules a nation,’ she told Summer. ‘What I will give my husband a lot of credit for is that he can communicate really well.

Ciara has revealed how she keeps her marriage of nine years with Russell Wilson ‘fresh’

During an appearance on Over It Radio with Summer Walker, Ciara offered the advice she follows that helps keep the spark in her marriage alive

‘And I think maybe it’s the quarterback in him because he’s big on leadership, big on teamwork, big on being together,’ she explained of her husband, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

She added: ‘I really feel grateful for our ability to communicate with each other.’

‘Not going to bed mad,’ she added. ‘That is really important. So far we’ve never done that.’

‘And dating each other,’ she added. ‘You have to keep dating each other.’

Ciara said they’ve become ‘committed’ to date nights to avoid getting complacent.

They do date nights every Friday as that particular day tends to be the ‘lightest’ for professional football players.

‘It’s something that I look forward to,’ she said. ‘I feel like the beginning feelings all over every time, like getting cute for him, and he comes out looking cute and looking 𝓈ℯ𝓍y. But that’s fun. It helps us to keep things fresh.’

She admitted she struggled juggling ‘mommy guilty’ with nourishing her relationship.

‘I have learned, I think for all for all of us mommas, we are about our babies. I am about my babies all day. And my husband knows that and respects that and loves that and he’s about them too. But also too we have to be about us. And that’s hard sometimes I think for us, like mommy guilt is real.

‘Sometimes I feel, am I balancing my world right? Even for myself. I’m actually looking forward to going out, him taking me out, picking a restaurant… It’s so fun. I’m always looking forward to that. And I think it keeps things fresh. And I just feel so blessed that we have that.’

Ciara and her husband have been married since 2016 and they share daughters Sienna, seven, Amora Princess Wilson, nearly one, and four-year-old son Win. Russell is also stepfather to Ciara’s 10-year-old son Future Zahir Wilburn, whom she shares with ex-fiance Future.

Ciara said she and Russell credited communication and date nights as key to their successful relationship

Russell and Ciara first met at a basketball game in Wisconsin back in 2015. Wilson then invited Ciara out on a dinner date.

The couple made their relationship publicly official at the White House Correspondents dinner that year.

In 2016, Russell popped the question after taking the Body Party star out on a secret trip following Paris Fashion Week.

They welcomed daughter Sienna, seven, in 2017, with their son Win Harrison, three, entering the world in 2021.

They most recently celebrated the birth of their 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 daughter, Amora Princess, in December 2023.

Ciara shares son Future Zahir with her ex-fiancé, rapper Future, and Wilson has been praised for raising the child as his own.