Nick Carter Missed His 3-Year-Old Daughter’s Birthday Touring

Fans of the Backstreet Boys have been fortunate sufficient to see the nostalgic ‘90s boy band live as they’ve carried out throughout the globe on this yr’s DNA World Tour. But for Nick Carter, there are undoubtedly some downsides to Backstreet being Back (alright!), particularly lacking huge moments along with his kids. Just as BSB left for the European leg of their tour, Carter missed his daughter Saoirse’s third birthday.

“Happy birthday to my baby girl Saoirse! Daddy loves and misses you very much,” the Backstreet Boys singer captioned a set of pictures of him and his second-born.

The father of three sat down with PEOPLE to speak in regards to the ups and downs of touring as a father with younger kids again residence, saying that “it’s definitely tough.” Carter has the youngest kids out of all of the Backstreet Boys’ kids, and fortunately, his bandmates have been capable of assist him navigate this powerful time being away from his kids.

“Some of the other guys have actually gone through it, where they haven’t been able to be home because the schedules just pretty much conflict. So I experienced that for the first time,” he defined. “But again, FaceTime helps, talking to them all the time, touching base with them. And, for us, it’s our life. It’s what we’ve done our whole life in regards to traveling. So they’re kind of adjusting to it.”

Still, all of the members of the Backstreet Boys attempt to convey their households alongside for the journey when it’s attainable. Fellow Backstreet Boy AJ McLean defined that it’s all a few “healthy balance.”

“If there’s an opportunity for our households to come back be part of us on tour, they’ll,” McLean noted. “There’s undoubtedly been moments the place all of our households have been out on tour on the identical time, and it is only one huge, large potluck, family-picnic vibe.” Obviously, this is much easier to do when the musical group is touring in the States, especially since “most of our kids are all in school now,” McLean added.

Carter shares Saoirse along with his son Odin, 6, and daughter Pearl, 18 months, with his wife Lauren Kitt. Back in March, Carter explained that his ultimate goal for his three kids is for them “to be better than me.”

“For me, realizing that you’ve got these three people and human beings who’ve a clear slate and a contemporary begin is a accountability that I embrace,” he defined on the We Are Family podcast again in March. “I really like realizing that you may give them unconditional love. You can provide them the chance to have a peaceable and wholesome family. These are all issues which might be in me and that I wish to do.”